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Examples of moppet in a Sentence
a host of adorable moppets were hired for the ad campaign
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The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
Unlike a lot of movie moppets, Leila is neither protagonist nor prop.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
He’s taken aback to realize that the adorable moppet who left him soy milk 20-some years ago (as we’re reminded of in one of the miniseries’ occasional inclusions of grainy clips from the 1994 film) has grown into an aimless 30something (Casey Wilson) who’s forgotten all about him.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2022
The adorable moppet eventually comes of age.
—Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
From 1935 through 1938, the curly-haired moppet billed as Shirley Temple was the top box-office draw in the nation.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
The moppet makes a new friend played by Jaylin Webb.
—Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
obsolete English mop fool, child
First Known Use
1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Moppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moppet. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
moppet
noun
mop·pet
ˈmäp-ət
: a young child
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