"sick puppy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-sick puppy.ogg [Australia] Forms: sick puppies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sick puppy (plural sick puppies)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) A person who is sick (mentally disturbed) in a morbid or gruesome way. Tags: idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): People

Inflected forms

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