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
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
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
"They came together, by Heaven!" said Foster; "and Tressilian—to speak Heaven's truth—obtained a moment's interview with our pretty moppet, while I was talking apart with Lambourne."
From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir
