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pleased as Punch

adj

Etymology

From Punch of the Punch and Judy puppet shows.

Definitions

  1. Pleased with one's actions or achievements.

    • He was out, too, when I called at his hotel; but once, I had the good fortune to see him, with his hat curiously on one side, looking as pleased as Punch, and being driven, in an open cab, in the Champs Elysées.
    • "[…]Now,—what'll the old woman say?" "She'll be pleased as Punch, I should think," said Stanbury.
    • Then with a little start of remembrance he said, “Mary, write and give up that school. Stay and help your mother. I’m as pleased as Punch, now I’ve thought of that.”

  2. Alternative form of pleased as Punch.

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