puppy love
temporary infatuation of a boy or girl for another person.
- Also called calf love.
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How to use puppy love in a sentence
He writes of puppy love with a girl when he was kinda sure he was attracted to boys, and how the experience wasn’t a waste.
They waited on Banjo for a while — obsessing over online videos of others finding their pandemic puppy love.
For some dogs (and humans), the pandemic adoption rush was mostly a waiting game | Hau Chu | June 25, 2021 | Washington PostThey sang about puppy love and heartbreak through the eyes of an innocent.
‘Mad Men’ Premiere: A History of ‘Zou Bisou Bisou,’ Megan’s Sultry Song to Don | Lauren Streib | March 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis passage works best if, while you're reading it, you listen to Donny Osmond sing "puppy love."
They're all alike; they can't understand having a straight friendship for a girl without it's being a puppy-love.
Stanford Stories | Charles K. Field
I'm a man grown beyond the puppy-love stage, my dear—and the McKayes are not an impulsive race.
Kindred of the Dust | Peter B. KyneNow, I suppose you're in love—puppy love—with that little thing.
The Minister's Charge | William Dean HowellsHe and Helen had a puppy-love affair—they were engaged before Lane went to war.
The Day of the Beast | Zane Grey
British Dictionary definitions for puppy love
another term for calf love
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Other Idioms and Phrases with puppy love
Also, calf love. Adolescent love or infatuation, especially one that is not expected to last, as in Beth is besotted with him, but we think it's just puppy love, or He's got a bad case of calf love. [First half of 1800s]
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