Puss in Boots
This nursery tale, Le Chat Bptte, is from Straparola's Nights (1530), No. xi, where Constantine's cat procures his master a fine castle and the king's heiress.
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pusser
A purser.
pussey-cats
Corruption of Puseyites, a name constantly, but improperly, given to the Tractarian party in the Church, from the Oxford Regius Professor of Hebrew, who by no means approved of the Romanizing tendencies of some of its leaders. The name still sticks, however, to this day.
pussy eating
cunnilingus
pussy lips
The labia.
pussy print
A cameltoe.
pussy tickler
A mustache.
pussyhole
The vagina.
pussylike
Resembling the female genitalia.
pussyo
A coward.
put
A country put; an ignorant awkward clown. To put upon any one; to attempt to impose on him, or to make him the but of the company.
put
A game at cards, once fashionable, but now played among thieves and costermongers only.
put a band-aid on a bullet wound
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride it to death; Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the Devil
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
put a blanket over
to suppress or conceal something
put a bug in someone's ear
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put a damper on
To spoil or depress something
put a finger to the wind
test public opinion or gauge the mood of a situation
put a gun to someone's head
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put a hat on a hat
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put a lid on
to suppress or control something
put a lid on it
to stop talking or discussing something
put a shift in
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put a slight upon
to insult or show disrespect
put a sock in it
Be quiet.
put a stop to
To prevent or end something
put all one's eggs in one basket
Risk everything on one venture or opportunity
put an end to
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put and take
A game of chance played with a modification of the old "tee-to-tum," one side of which is marked Put — signifying that the player pays— and another with Take. It was immensely popular for a few months about Christmastime, 1921.
put back
to return something to its original place
put batteries in someone's back
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put butter on one's bread
to earn a living or support oneself
put case
To present an argument or situation
put daylight between oneself and someone
Create distance between oneself and someone to avoid them
put down
to criticize or belittle someone
put down as
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put down for
to pay a deposit for something
put down roots
To settle in a place and make it one's home
put down to
Attribute something to a particular cause
put facts on the ground
Establish a situation that is difficult to change
put food on the table
To earn a living and provide for one's family
put foot to ass
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put forward
To propose or suggest an idea or plan
put hair on someone's chest
To make someone stronger or more confident
put in mind
Remind someone of something
put in pledge
To promise or guarantee something as security
put in the ground
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put in with
to associate or be friends with someone
put into one's own head
to decide or think something for oneself
put into practice
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put it
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
put it off on
To blame.
put it past
to believe someone is capable of doing something
put it there
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put it to
to test or propose something
put lipstick on a pig
To make something unattractive appear more appealing
put new wine in old bottles
To introduce new ideas or methods into an existing system or structure
put off
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
put on
To promise another money or valuables in the event of an anticipated success. "You’re ON a quid if Kaiser wins," might often have been heard before last St. Leger. Many hangers-on of the turf live almost entirely by what they are PUT ON, by bookmakers and backers for whom they do odd work.
put on a brave face
To hide one's fear or sadness and appear confident
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