moppet

Example Sentences

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At the end, a tiny moppet hugs Amos and thanks him for being hard on them, and he graciously accepts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Greg’s teen sib is a pill, too, especially next to his sage mom, antsy dad and supercute moppet kid-brother.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

And, like that earlier film, this movie is less about the exploits of an adorable moppet and his worldly-wise older relative than the brother-sister relationship that hovers just around the edges.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

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

I had a little moppet, I put it in my pocket, And fed it with corn and hay; Then came a proud beggar, And swore he would have her, And stole little moppet away.

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various