Definitions
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- noun someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression
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Examples
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More tentacles came and wrapped around the picklepuss.
Isle of View Anthony, Piers 1990
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Dolph became a picklepuss, with pickly green puss and brine-moist eyes.
Isle of View Anthony, Piers 1990
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The picklepuss preferred to introduce itself, and to clear its own way.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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Whenever someone had the temerity to take a delicacy, the picklepuss pickled it.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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He set it down on the floor, and the picklepuss slunk forward and took the pickle-cookie in its mouth.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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The zombie came within range of the picklepuss, who snarled.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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The picklepuss broke free of its leash and bounded onto the refreshment table, pickling everything it passed.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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Since she had garbed herself as a warrior-queen-mermaid, complete with spiked crown, trident, and powerful tail, and the points of the trident glistened with a coating of slime that was probably illusion too but just might possibly be genuine poison, this was an effective enough deterrent even without the picklepuss.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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As he neared the Anniversary cake, the picklepuss hissed at him warningly.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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The zombie came to help me, and the picklepuss got loose - "
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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