popsy
Americannoun
plural
popsiesnoun
Etymology
Origin of popsy
1860–65; generic use of a term of endearment, probably pop(pet) + -sy
Example Sentences
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With that sort of mind-blowing work load, the FCC, according to its critics, has all but given up and become a popsy of the industry it is supposed to regulate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, I'd bring him here, popsy I've no intention of leaving you.
From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham
Well, popsy, so far as I was concerned he was not there.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler
"What's the matter with popsy?" he asked, cheerfully, as he entered the room, but his countenance became grave as his eye 127 rested on the sick child.
From Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma by Alma, Maude
"Oh, I don't care anything about it, popsy," she cried, fighting to think of him and to speak to him as simply the living father she had always insisted on seeing.
From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham
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