frizzly
Americanadjective
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It got frizzly edges as well as melty spots throughout the meat, not unlike the way chocolate chips distribute themselves throughout a thick cookie.
From Salon • May 27, 2022
Teamwork Thirty-three years ago a ruddy-cheeked Russian who wore startlingly high collars and frizzly hair standing on end arrived in the U. S. to give piano recitals.
From Time Magazine Archive
A slight, unprepossessing man with a boyish face and frizzly red hair, Costigan is an actor of considerable force.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her hair is frizzly and short, red with darker roots, and I suspect she is chewing gum: every once in a while there is a slow, furtive, sideways motion of her jaw.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Iffen you see dat frizzly chicken scratchin' round de place, it a sho' sign you been conjured.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
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