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tallowy
[ tal-oh-ee ]
adjective
- resembling tallow in consistency, color, etc.; fatty:
a tallowy mass of moistened powder; tallowy skin.
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- tallow·i·ness noun
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Example Sentences
The skin on his face loosened a little and became a tallowy yellowish-red, somewhat like a winter-killed apple.
In the background hovered Winklestein, his little, squeezed-up, tallowy face beaded with perspiration.
The latter looked tallowy and nobody took it further than the billet; the pants were woollen, very warm and made in Canada.
Nearly all the faces have a certain tallowy aspect,—yellowish in color, with a dull shine upon them.
She is so tallowy in face and flesh colour, and her hair so flaming red, that the title might be, "A 'Dip' in the Sea."
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