moppet
\MOP-it\
noun
1. a young child.
Quotes
Not only has the dimpled, curly-haired moppet grown up, but so also has her daughter.
-- , "Shirley's Big Daughter," Life, July 30, 1965
Origin
Moppet comes from the now-osbsolete term mop meaning both "rag doll" and "simpleton." It entered English around 1600.
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