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单词 puglet
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pugletn.

Brit. /ˈpʌɡlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpəɡlᵻt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pug n.2, -let suffix.
Etymology: < pug n.2 + -let suffix.
colloquial.
A little pug, esp. a puppy of a pug dog.In quot. 1681: a baby monkey (see sense pug n.2 5a).
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1681 Heraclitus Ridens 13 Dec. 2/2 As if he had sent the Lady Apess with a Puglet or two to have squeal'd and scream'd at us.
1907 Washington Post 19 May 11/8 Let the puglet bravely say, ‘Bow-wow!’
1932 F. M. Wolcott Heritage of Years xix. 270 He found ‘Posy’, the pug, had deposited a litter of puglets in the center of his blue satin eider-down coverlet.
1996 D. Rice Compl. Bk. Dog Breeding iv. 46 (caption) A proud pug dam and her litter of fat little puglets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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