fuzzball

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Even he refers to himself frequently as a "harmless little fuzzball," indicating he's just having fun.

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  1. A puffball, Lycoperdon. Why, you empty fuzz balls, your heads are full of nothing but proclamations. Dryden, Troilus and Cressida.

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  • Even he refers to himself frequently as a "harmless little fuzzball," indicating he's just having fun. —  RenewAmerica
  • Politico. com -- since last fall, the White House, led by Rahm Emanuel, the chief of staff to Barack Obama, has been targeting me, your host, your harmless, lovable little fuzzball. —  The Jawa Report
  • RUSH: It is on the record - thanks to Politico. com - since last fall, the White House, led by Rahm Emanuel, the chief of staff to Barack Obama, has been targeting me, your host, your harmless, lovable little fuzzball. —  The Minority Report -
  • "Rush Limbaugh is a harmless, lovable little fuzzball." —  Latest Articles
  • The true breakthrough did in fact come via AM radio when a little fuzzball was given a chair at KFBK in 1984 Sacramento. —  Bloviating Zeppelin
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  1. Also fussball; from fuzz, same as fuzz (or another form of foist, a variant of fist), + ball.
 

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