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Definition of Poodles
1. poodle [n] - See also: poodle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poodles
Literary usage of Poodles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1882)
"There are, therefore, two grand classes of modern poodles—one of which is still
strictly sporting, and one which should include performing, companion, ..."
2. Domesticated Animals: Their Relation to Man and to His Advancement in by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1895)
"We readily observe, however, that our household dogs not only know the chattels
of their master and distinguish them poodles ..."
3. The Ins and Outs of Paris: Or, Paris by Day and Night by Julie Granville Marguerittes (1855)
"The Pont Neuf—Palais de Justice—Rialto—Fried Potatoes—Printer's Devil—The
Rapin—Portly Cook—Paris and poodles—Dog barbers—The Victim—The loquacious ..."
4. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"poodles (at that time on a table, to be on a level with the occasion) looks at
... I wonder what poodles may think of them, as they stretch out their arms ..."
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