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Catchword for “cutie”
Catchword: cutie
Part of Speechn.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Prize-ring cuties are boxers who pay far less attention to inflicting damage on their opponents than to protecting themselves. Some of our most successful fisticuffians have been cuties, cuties who have outfumbled good opponent after good opponent, advancing relentlessly toward the top—and leaving every arena in which they appeared badly in need of fumigation.
Article or Document Title:
“Around the Ring”
Author:
Bill McCormick
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Washington Post
Date of Publication:
Mar. 22, 1936
Page Number:
X4
This cite belongs to a full entry for cutie.
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