moppet

Example Sentences

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The girl herself has been a vampire for 10 years rather than hundreds, and the boy is an unbearably cute moppet who does magic tricks.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

This straw-stuffed moppet, with black eyes reminiscent of a shark's, can be seen at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida — though why anyone would want to is a mystery.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2021

It is a bit dismaying to see Roman Griffin Davis in here for his moderate child-actor moppet turn in the worryingly overindulged Jojo Rabbit.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

The comic-strip moppet plays pranks on Mr. Wilson, the crotchety fellow who lives next door.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2019

Why, she'd been a moppet ten years ago!

From Home is Where You Left It by Marlowe, Stephen