Tuffy
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- proper noun
- In the cartoon, Tuffy always shows his determination to help Tom and Jerry.
- Tuffy said
- Tuffy came
- Tuffy moves
Examples
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Walter, Tuffy will come back, I say.
Fiction book (1999) -
You know how Eddie and Tuffy have always been so competitive.
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But then he suspects that when Tuffy disappears, he suspects that Tuffy has stolen his money.
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Tuffy is an orange tomcat with chewed-up ears who lives in the alley between our buildings.
Fiction book (1999) -
Chloe, the five-year-old, answers on the second ring and launches into a shrill, breathless account of how Tuffy, her parents' old Sheltie, dragged a dead bird into the living room while they were eating pizza.
Fiction book (1991) -
Fans of the series love how Tuffy cleverly finds ways to avoid danger.
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During the chase scenes, Tuffy often makes hilarious mistakes that entertain the audience.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tuffy looks like the word tough with the friendly ending -y, so you can remember it as 'little tough one'. A helpful way to think of the cartoon mouse is that he is small but brave and clever, which makes the name fit.