Meanings
comparative more lickery · superlative most lickery
- Marked by licking, often involving copious amounts of saliva; sloppy; (by extension) salacious
And all I could think of was: Come on, Stevie, give me a great big lickery kiss.
2013, Ray Banks, Dead Money, page 893 more examples
“I want some waltzin',” Rose said. “And a long, lickery good-night kiss!”
2010, Marcia Lynn McClure, The Touch of Sage, page 73“You know, a big lickery kiss, like the one we seen Roy Gribbs lay to Ethel McCormick the other day when we was peekin' at them from the branches of that ol' cottonwood tree.”
2011, Marcia Lynn McClure, The Light of the Lovers' MoonAs insults, rips and profanes unsettled the tree tops, the dogs of demonism concluded licking up Thump's plasma, secured glares back up. Thump merely gave them appetizers. Their hungers teased, their eyeballs bristled with deep craving. “Hounds've finished their lickery...” observed Zeth.
2012, Khalid Patel, Hollow Shotguns
Origin
From lick + -ery, modelled after slippery.
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