bushy-tailed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of bushy-tailed
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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"Half past one, I was still awake, all still bright-eyed, and kind of bushy-tailed, and then I went horizontal and dozed off," she recalled.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Obviously with Marge, you can tell she’s somebody who is kind of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and finds herself in this place and hasn’t had a lot of experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
But just moments before he faded away, a bushy-tailed Swift Fox no bigger than a house cat swiped him up and gobbled him.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2023
Sure, you can get carrots all year, but young, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed carrots are a warm-weather specialty.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2022
"We have come for every bushy-tailed creature who lives in the clearing,' the Terrible Things thundered. "We have no tails,' the frogs said.
From "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting
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