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pouter

pow ter

  • n  someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression
  • n  one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out

  • The son of a wholesale grocery salesman, Chesty Pullerhe always walked with his chest up and out, like a pouter pigeon on paradespent only a year at Virginia Military .
  • With her small hands and feet, widely admired bosom and spikelike false eyelashes, Suzy has the look of a pouter pigeon.
  • Last week Chief of German Police Heinrich Himmler was proud as a pouter pigeon.
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  • Joe Bugel in Dateline Alabama
    Losing is not a tonic for him,Bugel said. "He's here 24 hours a day. I see what he's going through, but there's no stopping him. He's not a pouter; he's not a complainer. His whole theory is this: 'Let's work a little bit harder, Buges....

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