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TIL Disney considered roughly 50 ideas for dwarfs for the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The rejected concepts, some of which made it to sketches, included Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wheezy, Baldy, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Swift, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Tubby, Shorty and Burpy.

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