Our neighbor's toy poodle loves to sit on the windowsill and watch the birds.

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

She draped the antique poodle cloth over the chair, admiring its soft, shaggy texture.

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

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.