Citations:Hufflepuff

English citations of Hufflepuff

Noun: "a person bearing traits associated with Hufflepuff house from the Harry Potter series, including loyalty, honesty, and diligence"

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• 2000 October 28, Jonathan Ellis, “Bushisms - Harry Potter related reply”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎^[1] (Usenet):

  I suppose you could say that Gordon Brown is a Ravenclaw, and so is the former Tory Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd... and John Major could never be mistaken for anything other than a Hufflepuff.

• 2005 July 28, spam, “Re: The Ohtori kids at Hogwarts?”, in alt.fan.utena‎^[2] (Usenet):

  But looking at Saio in a more positive light, he is extremely loyal and values friendship, and thinks that accomplishment is gained by putting in the most effort. He is trusting and rarely if ever deceptive. This tags him as a Hufflepuff.

• 2005 October 30, John VanSickle, “Let's Sort the US Presidents!”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎^[3] (Usenet):

  George Washington is a Hufflepuff because of his self-discipline, humility, and willingness to do much for the sake of a greater good.

• 2011, Vikki VanSickle, Love Is a Four-Letter Word, Scholastic (2011), →ISBN, page 96:

  It's her old high school shirt, featuring a graphic of a fierce-looking badger wearing a football helmet. Apparently the Sir John A. Macdonald High School's mascot was a badger. Benji calls it my Hufflepuff shirt.

• 2012, "What Harry Potter house are you?", The Black Sheep (Western Michigan University), Volume 2, Issue 1, 19 January - 8 February 2012, page 11:

  "I'm a Hufflepuff because I always help people out in class if they need something."

• 2013, Anna Martin, Jurassic Heart, Dreamspinner Press (2013), →ISBN, page 131:

  “You sound like a fourteen-year-old Hufflepuff after her first breakup.”

• 2013, "Who's That Kid?", The Fordham News (Fordham University), Volume 95, Issue 10, 17 April 2013, page 16:

  I'm a Hufflepuff, coffee enthusiast and crusader for No. 3 pencils.

• 2014, Caitlin R. Kierman, Red Delicious, Rock (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  So, that afternoon in February, I was sitting there, these pointless, depressing-ass thoughts going round and round in my head, when someone came up behind me and said, “I'd have taken you for a Hufflepuff myself.”