It's a first person account of adopting a possum from a possum rescue organization. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives] Reference
September 10, 2008 at 11:09 am 9. The word possum,in some parts of the universe,is actually the most horrible insult ever known. From Wordnik.com. [Monorail Cat derails after - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
The possum is a strange creature, having a pouch to shelter her young ones. From Wordnik.com. [Colonial Children] Reference
The opossum, colloquially known as a possum, is about the size of a domestic cat. From Wordnik.com. [BBC - Ouch] Reference
June 2nd, 2009 at 8: 29 am playin possum Says. From Wordnik.com. [Wonk Room » Banks Preparing ‘Renewed Push’ Against Derivatives Regulation This Week] Reference
The eggs and mother bird were not in evidence, and the "possum" told no tales. From Wordnik.com. [Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State] Reference
Naturally enough, when locals said "possum" we thought of cute Australian possums. From Wordnik.com. [Rubbish Opossum] Reference
I don't give a 'possum's puss about the appearance of change as long as we get a change in policy. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary To Be Named Secretary Of State Tomorrow In Chicago] Reference
Ob any ha'r at all upon de 'possum's tail a-growin'. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
About de 'possum's tail she's gwine to lecterladies, listen!. From Wordnik.com. [De Fust Banjo] Reference
About de 'possum's tail she's gwine to lecter -- ladies, listen!. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
I've nothing but cold 'possum and tea, and the' possum's an acquired taste, I'm afraid. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
'possum's skin black and trade it off as Tasmanian' possum. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps At Many Lands: Australia] Reference
Oh, I wants dat good 'possum, an' I wants to be free. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
'You've been coming possum over Joslin; isn't it so?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
In de fall we hunt de possum ebbery night 'cept Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
He rolled a few times like a 'possum falling off a limb. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
Mr. Happy Bunny? the possum said as he climbed the steps. From Wordnik.com. [s Clearing House Check] Reference
But paused is not dormant - it may just be playing possum. From Wordnik.com. [Volcano Won't Get In The Way Of Brits' Vacations] Reference
I can smell the 'possum roasting, I can see the cider flow. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
And you've supped on sweet potatoes and a 'possum frosted ripe. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
But this later invader, the possum, was another animal entirely. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Possum] Reference
Deer, raccoons, bear and 'possum are abundant in the thick forest. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
"So you were just playing 'possum, were you?" demanded the indignant. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails] Reference
"You're going to have to call me 'dead eye' after I get this possum.". From Wordnik.com. [Playing Possum] Reference
Had Black Beard been playing 'possum when he ought to have been laid out?. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
Whatever he killed, that's what we ate -- squirrel, deer, possum, raccoon. From Wordnik.com. [Days Of Reckoning] Reference
They did not get any 'possum meat, and perhaps they would not have liked that. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South] Reference
They make hoe cakes and if they can get a 'possum they roast that with sweet potatoes. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South] Reference
"The only thing whose getting a BB in the eye is that dang possum back here," Will said. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Possum] Reference
At the hospital, roll-call was not necessary, but they found an attendant playing possum!. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
He looked over at his previous, humane attempt to get the possum that sat on the ground empty. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Possum] Reference
Again and again the thought came to the girl that the Gypsy boy was actually "playing possum.". From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace] Reference
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