chloriney

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adjective

With, or like, chlorine.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivechloriney (comparative more chloriney, superlative most chloriney)

comparative more chloriney · superlative most chloriney

  1. informalWith, or like, chlorine.

    For traveling or emergencies you can get sterilizing tablets to dissolve in water, but they make things taste nasty and chloriney.

    2004, Kaz Cooke, Kid Wrangling: Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers, and Little Kids, page 113
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    It had diving boards and wave machines and a giant anaconda slide, and there were so many children splashing around in its chloriney waters...

    2002, Philip Reeve, The big freeze, page 50

Origin

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