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beaglepuss

beaglepuss noun: a novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache, caricaturing Groucho Marx.

beaglepuss: a novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache,...
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Noun

beaglepuss (plural beaglepusses)

  1. (uncommon) A novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache, caricaturing Groucho Marx.
    • Vonnegut did not write the book, and the photo on the book jacket of Trout looked suspiciously like Farmer, wearing Boss Mule work gloves, beagle puss and mustache, sunglasses, mufflers, etc.1990, Howard Waldrop, Night of the Cooters: More Neat Stories, Kansas City: Ursus Imprints, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, LCC PS3573.A4228 N54 1990, page 60
    • The punchline: a bewildered Ung wearing a beaglepuss and trying to type with a rubber chicken […]2004 September 13, George Jones, Maximum PC 2005 Buyer's Guide, Indianapolis: Que, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23
    Synonyms:
    Groucho glasses

Synonyms of beaglepuss

Forms of beaglepuss

pluralbeaglepusses

Origin of beaglepuss

From Franco-American Novelty Company's brand name "Beagle Puss Disguise Kit", apparently from beagle + puss (“face”).

Questions about beaglepuss

What does beaglepuss mean?
Beaglepuss means a novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache, caricaturing Groucho Marx.
What part of speech is beaglepuss?
Beaglepuss is a noun.
What is the plural of beaglepuss?
The plural of beaglepuss is beaglepusses.

Words near beaglepuss in the dictionary

  1. beag
  2. beagador
  3. beagle
  4. Beagle Channel
  5. beagled
  6. beaglepuss
  7. beaglepusses
  8. beagler
  9. beaglers
  10. beagles
  11. Beagley

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