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moppet

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From mop (“child, girl”) + -et.

noun moppets

  1. colloquial A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way. They are also very sympathetic, especially Caesar’s orangutan advisor, Maurice (Karin Konoval), who takes a shine to a human moppet (Amiah Miller) he finds hiding in the back of a shack, and the poignant Bad Ape (a scene-stealing Steve Zahn), a mangy chimp who was beaten so often in his zoo-animal d
  2. dated A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth.
  3. dated A long-haired pet dog.

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noun colloquial expression for a child

Españolmico
DeutschPüppchen, Hosenmatz, Fratz

noun rag baby, puppet made of cloth

DeutschStoffpuppe

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@misc{moppet_2026,
  title = {moppet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moppet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}