bushy-tailed

[ boosh-ee-teyld ]

adjective

Origin of bushy-tailed

First recorded in 1865–70

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Is bushy-tailed new GOP vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan the right choice for Mitt Romney?
Is Paul Ryan the Right Choice? | Matthew DeLuca | August 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
To that end, you must be as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as possible.
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Was it some one who had watched the swift, sure-footed spring of a bushy-tailed squirrel from branch to branch?
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | Various
This is commonly called the bushy-tailed rat but is designated Neotoma Cinera Orelestes by the zoologist.
Little Pills, An Army Story | Robert Henderson McKay
He had some fine dogs, too, to run by his side, and help him hunt the bushy-tailed foxes.
Washington's Birthday | Various

There is a long gamut between the bushy-tailed, almost squirrel-like marmosets and the big-brained chimpanzee.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) | J. Arthur Thomson
It looked to him like a sharp-nosed, bushy-tailed yellow dog—a very savage and active one.
The Secret Trails | Charles G. D. Roberts

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