Citations:Tiny Tim

English citations of Tiny Tim

1848, "Tenderness of Parent Martens", from Jesse's Rural Studies, quoted in The Day-Book (IV, no. 46) August 1848 p. 223
One of the nestlings was the Tiny Tim of the family. He was half-starved, and well-nigh crushed by his more vigorous relatives. When they flew away, half-fledged, he was still a shivering helpless little creature.
1889, "Turkey for Everybody: How Thanksgiving-Day was Observed in this City" Chicago Daily Tribune (29 Nov 1889) p. 2
Nineteen suffering little Tiny Tims sniffed at the smell of the turkey, chuckled when they tasted the sweet potatoes, and daubed themselves with cranberry sauce, but when the plum-pudding, wrapped in the bluish green halo of brandy flames, was brought in, they just tipped back on their little cots and fairly howled with delight.
1930 "Police Department Makes Kids Happy", The Chicago Defender (16 Aug 1930) p. 11
The police department of New York City has endeared itself to the hearts of the "Tiny Tims."
1933, "400 Tiny Tims Make Merry; 29's Club Plays Host Role", The New York Amsterdam News, 09 Aug 1933 p. 11
1975 Marilyn Sachs, "El Bronx Remembered", The New York Times (16 Nov 1975) p. 305
"Qué fenomenal!" says Little Ray, the Tiny Tim of Nicholosa Mohr's new book.

1970, Rudy Vallee, "Lucy and Rudy Vallee" episode of Here's Lucy, season 3, quoted in p.295
[I was] the Tiny Tim of the Roaring '20s.
1993, "Shrink predicts Madonna suicide try!", Weekly World News (April 6, 1993) p. 13
Madonna is the Tiny Tim of the 90s, says top doc Fischoff.
1993, Chris Smith, "Chao, Baby", New York, vol. 26, no. 41 (Oct 18, 1993) p. 73
I'm not embarrassed by it, but I don't choose to exploit that moment and become the Tiny Tim of the media world.