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Small cap

noun

A corporation with a small capitalization.

A character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters. Synonym: small capital.

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"Small cap" Quotes from Famous Books

... be,—but probably there was originally some religious or hygienic notion at the bottom of the peculiar custom. The operation is begun about a month after birth, by rubbing the child's head with grease and soot, and then putting on a small cap of braided pandanus fibre, which is very tight and allows the head to develop only in the direction of the crown. When the cap becomes too tight, it is cut off, and another, a little larger, put on, until the parents are satisfied with the shape ...

— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific • Felix Speiser

... allow; but both Mrs. Sims the postmistress, and Mrs. West, who happened to be buying groceries in the shop, agree emphatically that it was Raymonde who came to the counter. They say that she was not in school uniform, but wore a green dress and a small cap." ...

— The Madcap of the School • Angela Brazil

Words linked to "Small cap" : upper-case letter, corp, small capital, capital, capital letter, majuscule, uppercase, corporation