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A little boy swallowing an insect (8)

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I believe the answer is:

smidgeon

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'a little boy swallowing an insect' is the definition.
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'little boy swallowing an insect' is the wordplay.
'little boy' becomes 'son' (little boy can mean a young son).
'swallowing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'an insect' becomes 'midge' (midge is a kind of insect).
'son' enclosing 'midge' is 'SMIDGEON'.

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(Other definitions for smidgeon that I've seen before include "bit" , "Small amount" , "Very small part" , "A little" , "Tiny amount" .)

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