French poodle
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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If musical theater had a canine sentinel, it might well be a standard French poodle.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
A classic French poodle cut — with poofs of fur and a shaved face and legs — is a groomer's worst nightmare.
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2022
Compared to a cell, a virus looks like a French poodle standing next to the Empire State Building.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2020
In 1960, John Steinbeck set out in a pickup truck with his French poodle, Charley, to reacquaint himself with a country from which he felt disconnected.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 19, 2014
This was Fifi, Veronica’s French poodle, who had come to her as a Christmas gift, and whose pedigree was considerably longer than he was.
From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
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