Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of being a puppy, or the period during which this condition lasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the state of being a
puppy - noun by extension
youth andadolescence
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mentally, the persistent education Jerry received, in this period of late puppyhood, fixed in him increased brain power for all his life.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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He was unable to forget the torment of his puppyhood, wherein everlasting hatred of the black had been woven into the fibres of consciousness; and such a terror did he make himself that Sheldon was forced to shut him up in the living room when, for any reason, strange natives were permitted in the compound.
Chapter 9 2010
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Even the big beating given him in his puppyhood by Grey Beaver was mild compared with this.
The Mad God 2010
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The effect of all this was to rob White Fang of much of his puppyhood and to make him in his comportment older than his age.
The Bondage 2010
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It had been part of his early puppyhood education to learn that only live things could be moved by plea or threat, and that while things not alive did move, as the door had moved, they never moved of themselves, and were deaf to anything life might have to say to them.
CHAPTER VI 2010
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It drew him as the light, in the mouth of the cave had drawn him in his early puppyhood.
The Makers of Fire 2010
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But you are right probably, Smokey's puppyhood has been curtailed, I hope only temporarily until she heals and feels better.
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Puppies, like children, are resilient - before you know it, he'll be back to puppyhood.
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His puppyhood and the instinct of submission took charge of him.
The Makers of Fire 2010
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From his earliest puppyhood he had been so trained.
CHAPTER III 2010
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