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bushy-tailed

[boosh-ee-tayld] / ˈbʊʃ iˌteɪld /






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"Half past one, I was still awake, all still bright-eyed, and kind of bushy-tailed, and then I went horizontal and dozed off," she recalled.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

I do think a lot of times female protagonists have been very young and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and very plucky.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024

The bushy-tailed burglars were M.I.A. for four glorious, minty-fresh days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2024

While some of us may be going into 2024 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Trump’s legal team seems to have spent the first week of the new year hunkered down with court filings.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2024

"We have come for every bushy-tailed creature who lives in the clearing,' the Terrible Things thundered. "We have no tails,' the frogs said.

From "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting




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