Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See hellbender, and mud-eel

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Examples

  • "Okay, I'm a Sondee mud-puppy eavesdropper and data-bandit'so listen to what they're saying, will you?"

    The City Who Fought McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • "It's only that ... well, I saw what you and Miss Samms said to each other out there, and if that was lovers 'small talk I'm a Venerian mud-puppy."

    First Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950

  • Thoroughbred whites are less prone to the raping-stealing temptations than black thoroughbreds so if anything we might need more research into the genes of the mud-puppy side of the family.

    News » Julie Henry 2009

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