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poupetons

poupetons is the plural of poupeton.

Meaning of poupeton

Noun

poupeton (plural poupetons)

  1. (obsolete) A puppet.
    • Empires have worshipped what these scoundrels stooled, taking for gods the merest poupetons.1850, Edward Vaughan Kenealy, Goethe: A New Pantomime, page 268
  2. (historical) A pulpatoon.

Questions about poupetons

What is poupetons the plural of?
Poupetons is the plural of poupeton.

Words near poupetons in the dictionary

  1. poupard
  2. Poupart
  3. Poupart's ligament
  4. Poupart's ligaments
  5. poupeton
  6. poupetons
  7. Poupon
  8. poupou
  9. poupous
  10. pour
  11. pour cats and dogs

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