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Definition of Puppy
1. Noun. A young dog.
2. Noun. An inexperienced young person.
Definition of Puppy
1. n. The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.
2. v. i. To bring forth whelps; to pup.
Definition of Puppy
1. Noun. A young dog. ¹
2. Noun. A young rat. ¹
3. Noun. A young seal. ¹
4. Noun. (slang usually in the plural) A woman’s breast. ¹
5. Noun. (informal) A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puppy
1. a young dog [n -PIES] : PUPPYISH [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puppy
Literary usage of Puppy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1806)
"The late accident was the more (Unfortunate, as the puppy had for fome time been
in a rapid ... had probably no ,idea that the puppy' would again attempt to ..."
2. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1900)
"The annual puppy walkers' show and lunch was held on Wednesday, July nth, ...
Puckeridge Hunt puppy Show. —This show was held on Friday, July I3th, ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"A DANGEROUS puppy. In a recent dog show in Sun Francisco there was exhibited a
small skye-terrier to whose cage was attached a card on which was written ..."
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