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noun Facetious.

a skunk.

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Origin of wood pussy

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Words nearby wood pussy

woodpile, wood pitch, wood preservative, woodprint, wood pulp, wood pussy, wood rabbit, wood rat, wood ray, Woodridge, Wood River

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How to use wood pussy in a sentence

When the innocent wood pussy paused after eight performances I felt assured that of course he must be out of eradicator.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
A wood pussy is not a house pussy; a wood pussy is a wood pussy; that is to say, a wood pussy is a—skunk!
The Fall of the Year|Dallas Lore Sharp
Of course there are difficulties, poetically, with the wood-pussy.
The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp
As nobody was present to see, of course I did not pick the wood-pussy up.
The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp

We had not pulled that wood pussy out of his hole and put him into our game-bag.
The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp