Popples
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A toy brand and television series about stuffed toys that turn into balls
- proper noun
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Popples
- As a child, she loved playing with her collection of Popples every afternoon.
Examples
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He found his old Popples toy while cleaning out the attic.
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The animated series featuring the Popples was very popular in the 1980s.
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I used to love my Popples when I was a child.
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Did you watch the Popples cartoon as a kid?
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As a child, she loved playing with her collection of Popples every afternoon.
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The animated series featuring the Popples was very popular in the 1980s.
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Did you watch the Popples cartoon as a kid?
Surface Forms
Popples main
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the brand Popples is to think of the word pop ('a quick, short sound or movement') with a cute ending. The stuffed toys turn inside out to become a ball and seem to 'pop' when they do, and the TV show was about those same characters.