moppet
Example Sentences
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It’s a tedious spin on a Wolverine movie Jackman has already made, 2017’s “Logan,” in which his mythic anti-heroic X-Man fosters a ferocious moppet en route to the grave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
The girl herself has been a vampire for 10 years rather than hundreds, and the boy is an unbearably cute moppet who does magic tricks.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
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
For the most part, he remained consumed by the red-haired moppet who launched him to national prominence.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2019
I had a little moppet, I put it in my pocket, And fed it with corn and hay; Then came a proud beggar, And swore he would have her, And stole little moppet away.
From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various
