puppyship
English
Etymology
puppy + -ship
Noun
puppyship (plural puppyships)
- (humorous) Informal title applied to a puppy.
- 1905, "Police Are In Mourning", The Spokesman-Review, 27 November 1905:
- The puppy, a wee thing, rotund as a butter ball, wandered into the police station several days ago. His puppyship made himself at home immediately.
- 1917, C. Arthur Coan, The Fragrant Note Book: Romance and Legend of the Flower Garden and the Bye-Way, G. P. Putnam's Sons (1917), page 32:
- About this time his master folds up his paper, tells his puppyship, "No, he can't come," and is gone to the office, wherever that is.
- 1921, Mary Briarly, In His Own Image, The Macmillan Company (1921), page 60:
- He displaced a warm whimpering bundle of young dog from the fur robe and handed him to Minette.
- The girl gathered up his puppyship and held him close against her. He curled down contentedly absorbing the warmth of her arms and body.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:puppyship.
- 1905, "Police Are In Mourning", The Spokesman-Review, 27 November 1905: