Wordie: Poppet: Comments

Comment by CatKisses, 7 days ago

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:50:50 +0000

Don't you have to be British to use this word? :)

Comment by Asativum, 7 months ago

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:29:02 +0000

Properly preceded by the word "my" when said, with a cackling laugh by crones of a certain age.

Comment by Treeseed, 7 months ago

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:03:38 +0000

(n): affectionate term for a small child
(n): Voodoo doll
(n): small doll used in sympathetic magic in some forms of Wicca
(n): any small doll
archaic form of puppet

Lovelace to Belford (Clarissa by Samuel Richardson):

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:38:35 +0000

These lines of Rowe have got into my head; and I shall repeat them very devoutly all the way the chairmen shall poppet me towards her by-and-by.