creasy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of creasy
Example Sentences
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Treva Johnson, 78, grew up eating leather britches and creasy greens that she foraged with her grandmother.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2016
For eyebrows he had two little patches of reddish stubble; for moustache, what looked like a bit of discoloured tow, and scraps of similar material hanging beneath his creasy chin represented a beard.
From New Grub Street by Gissing, George
The sharp, clean lines of his face suddenly stood out again under the creasy flesh.
From Average Jones by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
Clothes gets wet, and clothes dries on us, same as un did on the sheep afore us; else they gets stiff and creasy.
From Erema — My Father's Sin by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
It's got awful creasy laying folded so long.
From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Warner, Anne
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