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a small, typically foam rubber sheet used to provide a stable surface on which a mouse can be moved.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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[mous-pad] /ˈmaʊsˌpæd/

1980–85

This platform stand is wide enough to fit a mouse pad or other desk supplies on either edge of your machine, if you’re a person who is constantly reaching for note paper or pens.
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Instead, they saw music videos as a launch pad for a whole new artistic movement: virality.
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He said he spent his time doing “Mickey Mouse make-work,” digging though old records for long-abandoned well sites.
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So Western governments are caught in a cat-and-mouse game and at times it is unclear who is the cat and who the mouse.
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Even the original score to the song labels the singing parts, “Mouse” (the woman) and “Wolf” (the man).
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He described in painful detail the composition of the bars and the heavy shackles on the pad locks.
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And Mr. Meadow Mouse often remarked that it had more halls than any other dwelling he had ever seen.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Mr. Meadow Mouse repeated, as if he wanted to be sure there was no misunderstanding about it.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Grandfather Mole demanded of Mr. Meadow Mouse, almost as soon as he had stepped just outside the shade of the toadstool.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
And when he had made his promise to Mr. Meadow Mouse he had had no idea that it was going to rain so soon.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey