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puppyhood|ˈpʌpɪhʊd|
[f. as prec. + -hood.]
1. The state of being a puppy (sense 2); the early period of a dog's life.
1750Coventry Pompey Lit. i. iii. (1785) 11/2 The puppyhood of little Pompey. 1848J. Mills Life Foxhound i, When I was at walk at the home of my puppyhood, the hospitable farm-house. 1881G. Allen Evolutionist at Large 185 When a dog has once been brought up from puppyhood under a master.
2. The quality or character of a puppy (sense 3).
1849C. Brontë Shirley xiv, That six feet of puppyhood makes a perpetually recurring eclipse of our friendship. |