French poodle
Americannoun
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If musical theater had a canine sentinel, it might well be a standard French poodle.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
A standard French poodle born near Paris, he belonged to an elegant, luxurious breed, though in previous centuries, poodles were used to retrieve game from water.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2024
Compared to a cell, a virus looks like a French poodle standing next to the Empire State Building.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2020
In 1960, John Steinbeck set out in a pickup truck with his French poodle, Charley, to reacquaint himself with a country from which he felt disconnected.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 19, 2014
Anticipating his value as a beautiful false clue, Dorking laughed uproariously at the sight of him, and readily agreed to buy a French poodle.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
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