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Pleased as punch

adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pleased with one's actions or achievements. colloquial, dated, not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of pleased as Punch. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "Those other "pure" women had nearly taken all the balls out of me, but she was all right that way. She wanted me, and made no bones about it. And I was as pleased as punch. That was what I wanted: a woman who wanted me to fuck her. So I fucked her like a good un."

Etymology

From Punch of the Punch and Judy puppet shows.

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