"spokescritter" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Blend of spokesperson + critter",
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          "ref": "1999, William F. Arens, Contemporary Advertising, page 430",
          "text": "Tony the Tiger, the longtime spokescritter for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, is just one famous example of how animation can be used in advertising.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Marion S Lane, Stephen L. Zawistowski, Heritage of Care",
          "text": "Animated Spokescritters adopted by ASPCA from the Walt Disney animation studios began to appear in public service announcements.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Lawrence R. Samuel, Brought to You By: Postwar Television Advertising and the American Dream, page 128",
          "text": "For Alka-Selzer, hundreds of people were audtioned in a nationwide talent search for the voice of Speedy, the brand's diminutive, animated spokescritter.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Lynn Turner, Edinburgh Companion to Animal Studies",
          "text": "I want to return to a telling moment in the Telus campaign in which the company defends the naturalness of its spokescritters by insisting that they are not induced or lured into performing any out-of-the-ordinary behaviour for its print or visual media.",
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        "An animal or animated creature that is used as a brand representative or spokesperson."
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          "ref": "1999, William F. Arens, Contemporary Advertising, page 430",
          "text": "Tony the Tiger, the longtime spokescritter for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, is just one famous example of how animation can be used in advertising.",
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        },
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          "text": "Animated Spokescritters adopted by ASPCA from the Walt Disney animation studios began to appear in public service announcements.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Lawrence R. Samuel, Brought to You By: Postwar Television Advertising and the American Dream, page 128",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Lynn Turner, Edinburgh Companion to Animal Studies",
          "text": "I want to return to a telling moment in the Telus campaign in which the company defends the naturalness of its spokescritters by insisting that they are not induced or lured into performing any out-of-the-ordinary behaviour for its print or visual media.",
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