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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

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

From Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams

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

At the same time she pushed the creasy yellow cover of cream to the farther side, with a watchful glance at Trenholme's saucer, evidently meaning that it was kept for him.

From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall

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

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

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