bushy-tailed
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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
But just moments before he faded away, a bushy-tailed Swift Fox no bigger than a house cat swiped him up and gobbled him.
From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2023
The ridiculousness, the kind of wide-eyed, bushy-tailed approach to life, and the kind of unapologetic nature of who she is, I think, is a great example for all women not to take ourselves so seriously.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
He closed his left eye and fit the bushy-tailed creature into a frame.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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