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Definition of Pussyfooting
1. pussyfoot [v] - See also: pussyfoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pussyfooting
| pusta pustas pustulant |
Literary usage of Pussyfooting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... and Mr. Roosevelt and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler were " pussyfooting," I wrote
in one of the journals that I edit: The official German justification of ..."
2. The Party Battles of the Jackson Period by Claude Gernade Bowers (1922)
"... thinking solely of the Union, and Clay and Van Buren, rival candidates for
the Presidency, pussyfooting and conciliating on a vital issue. ..."
3. The Voice of the Negro 1919 by Robert Thomas Kerlin (1920)
"When he walked into the 'Truculent, pussyfooting Leaders,' he had to stop until
the roar of the mighty audience subsided. ..."
4. My Three Years in America by Johann Heinrich Bernstorff (1920)
"Their action, or rather inaction, takes the form of what is commonly known
as 'egg-dancing,' or 'pussyfooting'; they wish to stand well with ..."
5. My Three Years in America by Johann Heinrich Bernstorff (1920)
"Their action, or rather inaction, takes the form of what is commonly known
as 'egg-dancing,' or 'pussyfooting'; they wish to stand well with all sides, ..."
6. Appraisements and Asperities as to Some Contemporary Writers by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1922)
"... life onto the stage by an honest translation of all these things into dramatic
terms in place of all this pussyfooting repetition of mere actualities? ..."
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