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fur demon en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, humorous) An animal with fur, such as a cat or dog, especially one seen as mischievous or badly behaved.
    • No, as it turned out...no amount of snarling, or defecating in high-traffic areas, or trying to bite her with his gummy, toothless mouth, would ever steer her heart away from the four-legged fur demon. 2024, Jean Meltzer, Magical Meet Cute, →ISBN:
    • Only he gets distracted, goes mountain climbing for a bit, helps dismantle a despotic regime, fights a tiger, runs in circles looking for an ancient scroll, lands a gyrocopter on someone's house and develops a caustic vendetta against nature's sweet-sounding fur demon, the honey badger. 2014 November 15, Ludwig Kietzmann, “Far Cry 4 review: Home despot”, in Engadget, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2020:
    • In other words, I might be stuck with the little fur-demon all night. 2016, Tracy Weber, Karma's a Killer: A Downward Dog Mystery, →ISBN:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fur, demon.

Forms

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fur demons Number=Plur lexicographic
fur-demon alternative lexicographic

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furbaby