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creasy

American  
[kree-see] / ˈkri si /

adjective

creasier, creasiest
  1. full of creases.


Etymology

Origin of creasy

First recorded in 1855–60; crease + -y 1


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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

In consequence of which his buttons became more importunate of public notice than before, with the exception of two or three about the region of the waistband, which modestly withdrew into a creasy retirement.

From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

The baby made a little nestling motion, and its creasy eyelids dropped.

From The Yates Pride, a romance by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

She had crinkly white hair, and she always wore a string of gold beads around her creasy neck.

From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

The sharp, clean lines of his face suddenly stood out again under the creasy flesh.

From Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams

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