Crossword clues for peppy
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"full of pep," 1915, from pep + -y (2).
Wiktionary
a. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
WordNet
Wikipedia
Peppy (from peppermint) is the polar bear mascot and icon of Fox's Glacier Mints, a brand of boiled mint manufactured by Fox's Confectionery in the United Kingdom. Peppy was introduced to confectionery packaging in 1922. At around the same time, Fox's commissioned a taxidermist to shoot and stuff a real polar bear, which was put out on display at such public events as football matches and carnivals to advertise the Glacier Mints. The exhibition was taken all over the country, and eventually incorporated as many as four other stuffed polar bears. In the 1960s, after the advent of televised advertising and after Rowntrees acquired the company, the exhibition was deemed politically incorrect and was removed from public circulation. Television commercials which featured Peppy were later produced.
In 2003, the original Peppy – measuring high and long, and with an indeterminate gender – was donated to the New Walk Museum in Leicester, the city in which Fox's Confectionery is based. The stuffed bear had been lost in a company factory for approximately 20 years. A brand manager said of the donation, "We found it in the back when we were clearing out and decided to donate it to a museum - the best place for it. We didn't want it in the reception because it's so gory we feared it could scare the customers when they visited." After the acquisition, the museum commenced a restoration process which took six years to complete. Peppy was displayed in a public exhibition at the museum from 24 January to 5 April 2009.
Usage examples of "peppy".
Butch, the Doberman with the grin, was right behind Peppy, and as his handler Keith Schaible watched in horror, Butch grabbed the snake behind its head and slung it around until it went limp.
Meanwhile, Peppy began to swell from the bite, and I feared that unless something was done the big black Doberman would die before I could get him back to Stewart.
By now, the morphine had made Peppy drowsy and he lay quietly as the two men carried him up the trail.
Recovery was uneventful, and Peppy was back in the field in three weeks.
Occasionally, Barnowsky had Schaible or Benny Goldblatt break out Butch or Peppy for an attack session.
Once he had an attacker down, Peppy would straddle the man, glowering.
I told Goldblatt to give Peppy two sulfanilamide tablets every eight hours, but he complained that Peppy was liable to bite him if he stuck his fingers down his throat.
I explained that Peppy could not bite him as long as he held his mouth open with his left hand.
Peppy, for example, had been destroyed after Benny Goldblatt was wounded and evacuated, though I had no doubt that a dog as intelligent as Peppy could have been quickly detrained and returned home.
But with the prospect of moving to a fancy town like Central City--and with Peppy too--he abandoned his invalid status readily enough and hopped out of bed.
This time, however, there was no need for him to race Buddy and Peppy for the privilege.
He followed behind Peppy, his large backside wobbling inside silky jogging bottoms.
Boy nudged Peppy, they picked up their drinks and cigarettes and with a nod to Jaz they retreated to the pool table in a far corner.
Texans are accustomed to brawls, duke-outs, and generally peppy politics, but the firestorm of boredom engulfing the less-than-titanic contest between Kay Bailey Hutchison, a carefully moderate-by-Texas-standards Republican, and Bob Krueger, an adequate Democrat, threatened to rage out of control.
Parents, a boyfriend, a peppy little life: she was overdue someone like me.