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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being an amateur, usually competitive activity in which only women take part.
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Examples
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In his senior year, the powder-puff football tournament that he launched, with the help of the university's sororities and fraternities, raised $340,000 for charity.
Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback Patton Dodd 2011
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To the naked eye, the man who has repeatedly run through India looks the same as the one who floated up harmless powder-puff fast-medium against England a year ago, but these days he bowls with more pace, bite and venom.
A Glimpse of the Australia of Old Richard Lord 2012
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The NFL did, and Anderson says the intense reaction to the crackdown, that the NFL will become a powder-puff league, is ridiculous.
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Paper hats with red accents and powder-puff balls top the models.
Alex Geana: Oscar de la Renta, Resort 2012 Alex Geana 2011
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"The place stinks like a den of skunks," Mrs. Davis observed, pausing from dabbing the end of her nose with a powder-puff.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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The 80mph merchants have been an endangered species since Sarfraz Nawaz and his disciples revolutionised swing bowling, making orthodox movement and the conventionally seductive speed at which it was bowled seem powder-puff and antiquated by comparison.
Praveen Kumar's rare style of swing bowling is as bold as it is old | Rob Bagchi 2011
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The NFL did, and Anderson says the intense reaction to the crackdown, that the NFL will become a powder-puff league, is ridiculous.
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Paper hats with red accents and powder-puff balls top the models.
Alex Geana: Oscar de la Renta, Resort 2012 Alex Geana 2011
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It's like watching Peyton Manning play in a powder-puff football game.
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• Interactive guide to all the Ashes venues• Sign up now for our weekly email The Spin• How to stay awake during the Tests• Follow our daily blog throughout the AshesEven the phoney war, that period when local comment bounces between the barbed and the patronising, has been powder-puff stuff, done for the sake of it rather than with any real malice.
The Ashes 2010: England can count on Australian resistance at Gabba Mike Selvey in Brisbane 2010
treeseed commented on the word powder-puff
of, relating to, or being a traditionally male activity or event done or played by women, for example a powder–puff football game
January 22, 2008
seanahan commented on the word powder-puff
I think the term initially comes from powder-puff.
January 23, 2008
uselessness commented on the word powder-puff
Yikes, looks like seanahan's account has been hacked by WeirdNet!!
January 24, 2008
seanahan commented on the word powder-puff
To clarify, I left out a word.
I think the term initially comes from powder-puff FOOTBALL.
I guess my brain equated powder-puff so much with football that it seemed reasonable to leave off the last word. Strange.
January 24, 2008