fuzzy-wuzzy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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"What a pity if his illness should leave poor Don with a head like a thistle—with all the fuzzy-wuzzy inside."
From Kindred of the Dust by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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
So off he started, whistling a little tune about a fuzzy-wuzzy pussy cat, who drank a lot of milk and had a crinkly Sunday dress, made out of yellow silk.
From Bully and Bawly No-Tail by Wisa, Louis
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