wood pussy

noun Facetious.

a skunk.

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Origin of wood pussy

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Words nearby wood pussy

wood pewee, wood pigeon, wood pitch, wood preservative, wood pulp, wood pussy, wood rabbit, wood rat, wood ray, wood river, wood rose
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Example sentences from the Web for wood-pussy

  • And even here you must not look for him, but go to church or visit the neighbors after dark and let the wood-pussy look for you.

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  • You must go out to the outskirts, to the farms and pastures, if you would meet the wood-pussy.

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  • Of course there are difficulties, poetically, with the wood-pussy.

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  • As nobody was present to see, of course I did not pick the wood-pussy up.

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