stainy

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adjective

That easily stains

Scrabble 9

Meanings

adjectivestainy (comparative more stainy, superlative most stainy)

comparative more stainy · superlative most stainy

  1. rareThat easily stains

    June 21, 2015, Richard Clayton in Financial Times, The Strokes, Hyde Park, London — review Possibly in a Fat Elvis-gone-to-art-school phase — hanks of hair dyed splodgy red and stainy yellow — he bawled his lyrics in his characteristic drawl.

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    The cacao and almonds are poured into the hopper, and very soon a stainy, tacky chocolate sauce oozes out of the spout— which has been sprinkled with sugar so that none will stick and be wasted

    1984, Organization of American States

    And because it's a stay-put cream, not a stainy liquid, there's no drip, no dread, no mess, no guess to it.

    1961, LIFE, volume 50, number 18

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Chicago

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