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Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson has told a Glasgow audience that he is no kill-joy, but smokes cigars.
He had been called many things—loan-shark, skinflint, tightwad, pussyfoot—but he had never before been called a flirt.
MAIN STREETSINCLAIR LEWIS
It appears that the man called the lamp-post "Pussyfoot," and the latter promptly knocked him down.
Converting a pussyfoot into liquid measure with caustic soda water.
THE NURSERYMATOGRAPHA LAWYER
But that is another story, and might bring Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson on the scene before his time.
WHAT I SAW IN AMERICAG. K. CHESTERTON
It was to have one church, to be used by the various denominations, and to be what is now called “Pussyfoot.”
FIFTY-ONE YEARS OF VICTORIAN LIFEMARGARET ELIZABETH LEIGH CHILD-VILLIERS, COUNTESS OF JERSEY
Now this hotel was strictly Pussyfoot, and my husband, having been warned, had brought his own wine for our Party.
FIFTY-ONE YEARS OF VICTORIAN LIFEMARGARET ELIZABETH LEIGH CHILD-VILLIERS, COUNTESS OF JERSEY
Your king of Kusiak has to learn some time that everybody isn't going to sidestep him and pussyfoot when he's around.
THE YUKON TRAILWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
Are Mr. Volstead or Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson satisfied with the present condition of things in their country?
MY IMPRESSSIONS OF AMERICAMARGOT ASQUITH
Call him a Pussyfoot as well; you cannot shake him from his pinnacle.
WORDS RELATED TO PUSSYFOOT
- alert
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- chary
- circumspect
- considerate
- discreet
- forethoughtful
- gingerly
- heedful
- judicious
- leery
- on the lookout
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- provident
- prudent
- pussyfoot
- safe
- shrewd
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- tentative
- thinking twice
- vigilant
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watchful
- watching out
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.