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Tom Thumb is a diminutive hero of English folklore.
Tom Thumb may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- Tom Thumb (comics), the codename of two Marvel Comics superheroes
- Tom Thumb (film), a 1958 feature film directed by George Pal
- Tom Thumb (play), a 1730 play by Henry Fielding
- The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb, a 1993 stop-motion animated film
- A character in the children's book The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter
- Tom Thumb, a 1934 Krazy Kat film
- "Tom Thumb", a song by American jazz pianist Bobby Timmons from the 1966 album The Soul Man!
Brands and companies
- Tom Thumb (grocery store), a chain of supermarkets in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, owned by Safeway Inc.
- Tom Thumb Food Stores, a chain of convenience stores in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama owned by EG America
- Tom Thumb Gallery, an alternative exhibition space in Kirksville, Missouri
History
- Tom Thumb (locomotive), the first American-built steam locomotive, built in 1830
- General Tom Thumb, the stage name of American performer Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838–1883)
- Tom Thumb, an open boat used by navigator Matthew Flinders and George Bass in 1796
Other uses
- Manuel Ramos (boxer) (1942–1999), nicknamed Pulgarcito (Tom Thumb), Mexican boxer
- Tom Thumb Peak, in the Howson Range, British Columbia, Canada
- Tom Thumb snaffle, a type of bit mouthpiece for horses
- Tom Thumb sausage, a hog sausage from eastern North Carolina
See also
- "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", a song by Bob Dylan
- Tom of T.H.U.M.B., a segment from American/Japanese children's animated television series The King Kong Show
- "Tom Thumb Tempest", an episode of the 1960s British TV series Stingray
- Tom Thumb House (disambiguation)
- Thumbelina (disambiguation)
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