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bushy-tailed

[ boosh-ee-teyld ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1865–70

Is bushy-tailed new GOP vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan the right choice for Mitt Romney?

To that end, you must be as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as possible.

Was it some one who had watched the swift, sure-footed spring of a bushy-tailed squirrel from branch to branch?

This is commonly called the bushy-tailed rat but is designated Neotoma Cinera Orelestes by the zoologist.

He had some fine dogs, too, to run by his side, and help him hunt the bushy-tailed foxes.

There is a long gamut between the bushy-tailed, almost squirrel-like marmosets and the big-brained chimpanzee.

It looked to him like a sharp-nosed, bushy-tailed yellow dog—a very savage and active one.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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