Tiny Tim
Small ailing child
Tiny Tim is the frail, crippled child in Charles Dickens's *A Christmas Carol* (1843), whose cheerful spirit despite poverty and illness helps prompt Scrooge's moral transformation.
The character has become a cultural symbol of innocence endangered by hardship and indifference.
His line "God bless us, every one!" is among the most quoted in English literature.
The name is sometimes applied to any vulnerable child whose fate depends on others' generosity. (Tiny Tim was also the stage name of an American singer known for his falsetto and ukulele.)
Surname of Victorian novelist
- crutchMobility aid for injured
- BobCommon male nickname
- ScroogeMiserly, cold-hearted person
- VictorianOf a prim era
urchin · invalid · blessing · redemption · poverty · waif · Ebenezer · ghost
Weak and breakable
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- weakLacking power or force
- sicklyProne to poor health
crutch · lame · invalid · infirm · feeble · ailing · handicapped · hobbling
Small Hawaiian stringed instrument
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- noveltyQuality of being original
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- croonerSoft-voiced romantic vocalist
eccentric · performer · 1960s · Laugh-In · Tonight Show · vibrato · quirky · entertainer
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
Victorian · urchin · invalid · blessing · redemption · poverty · waif · Ebenezer · ghost · London
frail
Weak and breakable
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- weakLacking power or force
sickly · crutch · lame · invalid · infirm · feeble · ailing · handicapped · hobbling · convalescent
ukulele
Small Hawaiian stringed instrument
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- noveltyQuality of being original
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
crooner · eccentric · performer · 1960s · Laugh-In · Tonight Show · vibrato · quirky · entertainer · showman
childlike
Having youthful innocence
optimistic · gentle · sweet · trusting · naive · angelic · wholesome · tenderhearted · guileless · meek
- A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge, Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, Ghost of Christmas Past
- Famous Tims
- Holiday EntertainmentA Christmas Carol, Home Alone, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, The Polar Express
- Christmas NamesSanta, Rudolph, Frosty, Scrooge, Blitzen
- Winter Characterssnowman, Santa Claus, Santa, Frosty, Jack Frost
- Comedy Musicfunny songs, novelty songs, parody songs, comedy song, novelty song
Tiny TimGoliath
Biblical giant warrior
giant · strong as an ox · Hercules · colossus · hulk
Tiny TimEbenezer Scrooge
Tiny TimBarry White
Deep-voiced soul crooner
Johnny Cash · Isaac Hayes · James Brown · Elvis Presley · Tom Jones
time, tiny, times, timer, timely, timing, tiniest, tine, tines