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bushy-tailed

[boosh-ee-teyld] / 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

Obviously with Marge, you can tell she’s somebody who is kind of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and finds herself in this place and hasn’t had a lot of experience.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 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

All I knew was if I found tooth marks on one page of my rocket book, I was going to declare hunting season on a certain bushy-tailed rodent.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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