Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
possum or some aspect of it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many weak creatures are curiously armed for the unequal conflict of existence -- some with fleetness of foot, some with a pole-cat weapon of malignance, some with porcupine quills, some with a 'possumlike instinct for "playing dead."
Grain of Dust. 1911
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Many weak creatures are curiously armed for the unequal conflict of existence -- some with fleetness of foot, some with a pole-cat weapon of malignance, some with porcupine quills, some with a 'possumlike instinct for "playing dead."
The Grain of Dust David Graham Phillips 1889
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And then I remembered that we have possums, or opossums, some sort of possumlike animals living nearby, because sometimes I can see them on the patio eating the Meow Mix meant for the stray cat who lives in the neighborhood.
CrazyAuntPurl 2009
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Edwards does not offer a courtesy smile, and instead fixes me with a stare through those possumlike orbs that served him so well during governor’s mansion poker games.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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