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  • I'm with you on the dislike of the little taco dog & any other little yap-yap creature -- even the little cute ones.

    Chihuahua vs. Cougar 2009

  • I'm with you on the dislike of the little taco dog & any other little yap-yap creature -- even the little cute ones.

    Chihuahua vs. Cougar 2009

  • Marie trots to the kitchen door, but her friendly yap-yap turns to a growl.

    Crossing the Tracks Barbara Stuber 2010

  • Marie trots to the kitchen door, but her friendly yap-yap turns to a growl.

    Crossing the Tracks Barbara Stuber 2010

  • It's a lot of yap-yap for domesic Iranian consumption.

    "This defeat is actually an obvious victory for the Iranian nation." Ann Althouse 2006

  • The newspapers yap-yap every time they give an order.

    The Titan 2004

  • The yap-yap of a coyote sounded brazenly from the ridge behind which Drew was almost certain the Pinto had trumpeted.

    Rebel Spurs Andre Norton 1958

  • First came the yelping of the toucan, which sounded like the carefree yap-yap of some clumsy little pup.

    In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians Algot Lange

  • On this being pulled there was a faint tinkle, followed by a canine uproar of the most miscellaneous description, the deep-mouthed bay of the blood-hound, the sharp yap-yap of the toy terrier, and a chorus of intermediate undistinguishable barkings, some fierce, some frolicsome, some expectant, being mixed up with the rattling of chains.

    Dr. Jolliffe's Boys Lewis Hough

  • The pom-poms continued their steady yap-yap, jerking and springing between each, round, like eager terriers jumping the length of their chain, recoiling and jumping, and yelping at every jump.

    Action Front Boyd Cable 1910

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