pound puppy

[pound puhp-ee]

noun

plural

pound puppies 

1. a dog, especially a puppy, residing in or adopted from a pound or shelter.

   Our family decided to get a pound puppy, but we couldn’t agree on which one—that’s why we now have three dogs!

Word History and Origins

Origin of pound puppy¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

She was as vulnerable as a pound puppy yet resolute and determined to find what she needed to live the life she wished for.

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Both “Pet Blinders” and “Pound Puppy” center around a fictional product that prevents pets from watching their owners having sex.

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First, there’s “Pound Puppy,” an instant classic of the “ridiculously impractical solution to a problem, presented as if it were normal” genre:

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If “Pound Puppy” is a straightforward sales pitch for a ludicrous product, “Roach-Ex” is a ludicrous sales pitch for a straightforward product.

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I can’t say what could possibly draw a little girl to such a nightmare — shouldn’t I have been playing with my Pound Puppy or something? — but I was transfixed and immediately took the magazine to my dad, who I presumed had never heard of this massive historical event.

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