Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
marmoset .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
marmoset .
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- noun Archaic form of
marmoset .
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Examples
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I have seen her in the same day as changeful as a marmozet and as stubborn as a mule.
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We address ourselves more particularly to those whose animal part -- every man is said to resemble, in some respect, one of the lower animals -- is made up of the marmozet and the puppy.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 Various
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I have seen her in the same day as changeful as a marmozet, and as stubborn as a mule.
Euphony. 1908
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I had nothing but the spangled frock on my back, and thinking to make some use of my sole possession I set out as a dancer with the flute-player of the company, a good-natured fellow that had a performing marmozet from the
The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899
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A king's son, though with the bar sinister on his shield, is at least a match for this marmozet of
The Talisman 1894
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I would as soon wrap your too-celebrated tunic about a little playful marmozet.
Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy Edmund Gosse 1888
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To snare the nimble marmozet, "says CALIBAN, in The Tempest."
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879
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I have seen her in the same day as changeful as a marmozet and as stubborn as a mule.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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