popsy
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
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
"Out to the swellest blow-out of the year, popsy," said she.
From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham
"Well, let's see you tell popsy howdy," suggested Nan, indicating her father.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler
"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
As it was, she could only stand by while he murmured, in a tone which greatly distressed her "poor little popsy," "Did they neglect papa's darling?"
From Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma by Alma, Maude
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