fuzzy-wuzzy

British

/ ˈfʌzɪˌwʌzɪ /

noun

archaic a Black fuzzy-haired native of any of various countries

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Rather than fuzzy-wuzzy sentimentalism, that liminal space between objective reality and the netherworld is presented as a natural, if exceedingly rare, fact of life.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023

He is a sight: a one-man Happening in steel-rimmed glasses, World War I Army tunic, orange-and-black-striped pants, drooping mustache, scraggly goatee, fuzzy-wuzzy hairdo.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mental, fuzzy-wuzzy maunderings and meanderings of the mob fascinated him.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

All we saw as he ran past us, Faster than a quail, Was his snow-white fuzzy-wuzzy Little cotton tail!

From Child Songs of Cheer by Inglis, Antoinette

How can the acorn become a mighty forest monarch if planted in a pint pot and crossed with a fuzzy-wuzzy chrysanthemum?

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

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