puggy
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of puggy
probably from pug ²
Example Sentences
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Feb. 5, 2007: I leave a bungalow on a studio lot to learn that my dog, who I refer to in my journal as “my puggy Teddy Bear,” died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Mr. Fido said, turning up his lip till he showed a fine set of white teeth, and tilting his puggy nose.
From The Gray Goose's Story by Prentice, Amy
He had a puggy nose and a heavy, thinly bearded face incased about the eyes in broad steel spectacles.
From Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories by Herrick, Robert
However, I console myself with the thought that the country farther south is much better filled with other game, although the great puggy is not there.
From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Otherwise she was not unlike them, for she had curly brown hair and her nose was just the least bit "puggy," to use Roger's descriptive word.
From Ethel Morton at Chautauqua by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
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