Poodle
['puːd(ə)l]
Definition
(noun.) an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs.
Typed by Edwina--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkable intelligence in the performance of tricks.
Checker: Witt
Definition
n. one of a breed of small curly-haired pet dogs intelligent and affectionate.
Edited by Ahmed
Examples
- And purchase in his stead some sweetly pooty pug or poodle--something appropriate to the fair sex. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is, answered Poodle, that most lovely creature, Lady Fanny Ponsonby, whom we are all sighing and dying for. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- No, I don't, was Jo's decided answer, as she petted the fat poodle, whom she had adopted, out of respect to his former mistress. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- One of the ladies had a little poodle led by a string. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mrs. Bute happened to be in ecstasies with the poodle, and was calling him a little darling, and a sweet little zoggy, and a pretty pet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You can't offer him the Presidency of the Council; that is reserved for Poodle. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The belt was running so smoothly and evenly, the poodle did not notice the difference between it and the floor, and got into the belt before we could do anything. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Mamie