purse puppy
purse puppy noun: a dog small enough to fit into a sleeve, purse, or backpack.
Noun
purse puppy (plural purse puppies)
- A dog small enough to fit into a sleeve, purse, or backpack.
- Regina quickly set Serena onto the floor and spoke baby jabber to the cherished purse puppy.2012, Nancy Mangano, Murder Can Be Messy, →ISBN, page 132
- Be aware that size descriptions such as teacup, micro, mini, baby doll, purse puppy, teddy bear, and other similar terms for smaller-than-normal Yorkshire Terriers are simply marketing ploys for Yorkies who don't fit the breed.2012, Debra Eldredge, Liz Palika, Your Yorkshire Terrier Puppy Month By Month, →ISBN
Examples of purse puppy in a sentence
- I was one of those women today, a girl looking for a purse puppy.2017, Kelly Collins, Set Up: The Second Chance Series, →ISBN:
- “A purse puppy!” We yelled at the same time.2017, Raquel Fletcher, The Year I Turned 25: A Memoir About Sex, Anxiety and a Dog Named She-Devil, →ISBN:
Forms of purse puppy
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Origin of purse puppy
From the idea that the dog is small enough to fit into a purse.
Words that rhyme with purse puppy
Questions about purse puppy
- What does purse puppy mean?
- Purse puppy means a dog small enough to fit into a sleeve, purse, or backpack.
- How do you use purse puppy in a sentence?
- I was one of those women today, a girl looking for a purse puppy.
- What part of speech is purse puppy?
- Purse puppy is a noun.
- What is the plural of purse puppy?
- The plural of purse puppy is purse puppies.
Words near purse puppy in the dictionary
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