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- not comparableMore or less nude; wearing very few clothes.
One injured editor recently defended a recent jacket of a nudish girl by saying: “We don't show the nipples — she's got on no less than they wear in nightclubs!”
1950, Tomorrow, volume 10, page 101 more example
I bumped into a nudish figure round a corner who informed the Agent in a disgusted voice that “someone'as bin an' pinched a raincoat o' mine; they aren't 'arf nippy, give yer my word.”
1928, Dell Leigh, On the Line, page 75
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nudish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nudish
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