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- proper noun A tough
cartoon sailor , full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulgingforearm muscles , asquinty eye, and an affinity forspinach . - proper noun A nickname for a person who has attributes of the cartoon character.
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Examples
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POPEYE THE SAILOR (1919) The cover of Popeye, Oct. - Dec. 1959
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That was quickly replaced with the nickname Popeye because he loved spinach and he had very strong little arms for an infant.
The Runaways V.C. Andrews 1998
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That was quickly replaced with the nickname Popeye because he loved spinach and he had very strong little arms for an infant.
The Runaways V.C. Andrews 1998
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Popeye is suggesting that Yglesias has never endorced a policy that restricted the behaviors, as long as Yglesias thought it was the “right” thing to do.
Matthew Yglesias » Tebow to Alienate Pro Football Fans During Super Bowl 2010
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Tell the Art Department that Congressman Popeye is screaming for a corncob pipe and sailor hat.
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'' Popeye is our unsung hero, '' coach Doug Collins said.
USATODAY.com - Hamilton, Jordan carry Wizards past Kings 2002
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Jake Gyllenhaal arrives at the premiere of his new movie, "Popeye" -- wait, "Brokeback Mountain."
Newsmakers 2007
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I'm in the camp that enjoyed "Popeye" - it caught the flavor of the early comic strips and the first cartoons.
Robert Altman. Ann Althouse 2006
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In William Faulkner's 1931 novel, "Sanctuary," a Mississippi coed is seized by a creep called Popeye and subjected to one of the most bizarre rapes in literary history.
Chevy Stevens's new graphic thriller "Still Missing," about a kidnapped woman 2010
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The strip, retitled Popeye, continues to appear in first-run installments in select Sunday papers, now written and drawn by Hy Eisman.
Archive 2008-03-01 Chuck Wells 2008
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