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puppyship

puppyship noun: informal title applied to a puppy.

Noun

puppyship (plural puppyships)

  1. (humorous) Informal title applied to a puppy.
    • The puppy, a wee thing, rotund as a butter ball, wandered into the police station several days ago. His puppyship made himself at home immediately.1905 November 27, “Police Are In Mourning”, in The Spokesman-Review
    • About this time his master folds up his paper, tells his puppyship, "No, he can't come," and is gone to the office, wherever that is.1917, C. Arthur Coan, The Fragrant Note Book: Romance and Legend of the Flower Garden and the Bye-Way, G. P. Putnam's Sons, published 1917, page 32

Forms of puppyship

pluralpuppyships

Origin of puppyship

From puppy + -ship.

Questions about puppyship

What does puppyship mean?
Puppyship means informal title applied to a puppy.
What part of speech is puppyship?
Puppyship is a noun.
What is the plural of puppyship?
The plural of puppyship is puppyships.

Words near puppyship in the dictionary

  1. puppyisms
  2. puppyless
  3. puppylike
  4. puppyplay
  5. puppysat
  6. puppyship
  7. puppyships
  8. puppysit
  9. puppysits
  10. puppysitter
  11. puppysitters

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