puppy dog
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Origin of puppy dog
First recorded in 1585–95
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Historical Examples
He struggled frantically, but felt like a puppy-dog in the paws of a grizzly.
The Spoilers of the ValleyRobert Watson
It was like a puppy-dog pointing a little bird in the grass.
Fairy Prince and Other StoriesEleanor Hallowell Abbott
The sense is—'and he could romp about, exactly as if he were a puppy-dog.'
He was lying on his back, with his paws in the air, and whining very like a puppy-dog.
The Emerald City of OzL. Frank Baum
Across the road were meat, fish, vegetable, and puppy-dog shops.
Peeps Into ChinaE. C. Phillips