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pleased as Punch Definition


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pleased
adj
    1. Happy; satisfied; contented.
      Thesaurus: gratified, satisfied, contented.
      Form: pleased about someone or something (especially)
      Form: pleased with someone or something
    2. Glad; delighted.
      Thesaurus: elated, thrilled, tickled pink (slang); Antonym: annoyed.
Idiom: pleased as Punch
    Delighted.
Idiom: pleased with oneself
    derog
    Self-satisfied; conceited.



Punch
noun
    1. A humpbacked hook-nosed puppet character in the traditional show called Punch and Judy.
Idiom: pleased as Punch
    Extremely pleased.
Etymology: 18c: from Italian Pulcinella a commedia dell'arte character.



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