moppet

Example Sentences

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At the end, a tiny moppet hugs Amos and thanks him for being hard on them, and he graciously accepts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

And, like that earlier film, this movie is less about the exploits of an adorable moppet and his worldly-wise older relative than the brother-sister relationship that hovers just around the edges.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

This straw-stuffed moppet, with black eyes reminiscent of a shark's, can be seen at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida — though why anyone would want to is a mystery.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2021

It is a bit dismaying to see Roman Griffin Davis in here for his moderate child-actor moppet turn in the worryingly overindulged Jojo Rabbit.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

A'a tha little knows, young moppet, Ha awst have to tew for thee; But may be when forced to drop it, 'At tha'll do a bit for me.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John