French poodle
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On a late summer day, the home’s most striking feature was the figure of a white standard French poodle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
A classic French poodle cut — with poofs of fur and a shaved face and legs — is a groomer's worst nightmare.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2022
With all due respect to the dead monkey, Hector, a French poodle, gets pride of place here, for two reasons.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2021
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
Some he shaved so clean as to present the appearance of a billiard ball, but others he evidently considered to be worthy of French poodle treatment.
From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles
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