prissy
Example Sentences
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The word picky, I’m afraid, is misplaced here: Prissy is more like it.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2018
Never mind that it was Prissy who said that, not Mammy, or that it's difficult to imagine any young adult referencing it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2015
Butterfly McQueen could never escape the role, or voice, of Prissy.
From Time • Dec. 15, 2014
He describes his voice as Miss Prissy with a dash of Blanche Devereaux, and his gait as Bette Midler in concert meets Ruth Gordon in “Harold and Maude.”
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2010
“Because Miss Prissy is going to have pups.”
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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Bridge to Terabithia
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