mooncalf
Example Sentences
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The long-term effects of that mooncalf renaissance are impossible to gauge from here.
From Salon
Prince Bumpo, the heir to the throne, is a mooncalf who mistakes fairy tales for real life, speaks in Elizabethan periphrasis and murmurs to himself: “If only I were a white prince!”
From New York Times
Then there are the beasts - not just Niffler, but Bowtruckle, Erumpent, Murtlaf and Mooncalf, to name a few.
From Washington Times
We’re drawn to romances because they give us something to aspire to; we know not to model ourselves after mooncalf lovers regardless of verisimilitude.
From Salon
By 1752, Dr. Johnson had begun to mock such reaching and its mooncalf hyperbole.
From The New Yorker
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