Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pup

properly means a little boy or girl. A little dog is so called because it is a pet. An insect in the third stage of existence. (Latin, pupus, fem. pupa; French, poupée, a doll; German, puppe.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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