At the school dance, she caught everyone's attention in a bright poodle skirt decorated with an appliquéd coiffed French poodle.

At the vintage fair, teenagers in poodle skirts danced to rock 'n' roll under the string lights.

At the gala, everyone whispered that Tom was a poodle-faker, always hovering around influential women to secure invitations to the right circles.

They mockingly referred to his rifle as a poodle shooter, a derogatory slang name for a carbine that fires the 5.56 millimetre cartridge.

The neighborhood watch grew suspicious when the poodle-fakers started showing up at every dog show.

The local paper ran an article about a group called the poodle shooters, insisting the name referred to their habit of photographing poodle competitions.

At the dog show, the poodlefakers were quickly exposed when their grooming fell apart under scrutiny.

She gave her poodlelike curls a quick brush before leaving for the interview.

The poodlefaker at the pet show fooled everyone by posing as a real poodle.