gamey
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How to use gamey in a sentence
If you’ve eaten duck in the US, it was probably the American Pekin, a domesticated mallard with a mild, somewhat gamey taste.
The grocery chain said it was making an entry into the rabbit market after demand from shoppers for the gamey offering.
From time to time she unmasks herself, gamey and whipped flaunting that brownish color.
The trout was a gamey one, and the swiftness of the current made the task of securing him doubly hard.
The Outdoor Chums After Big Game | Captain Quincy AllenSeveral tried the fishing, with the result that there was a good mess of gamey bass caught for supper.
The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire | Herbert Carter
But there was more strength than he supposed in the tiring yet gamey sea-fighter.
The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew | Robert ShalerSince he is quite certain to be four feet long or over, the sport of landing so gamey a fish can be realized.
The Cruise of the Snark | Jack LondonThey are rather good-looking birds, something like a very 'gamey' domestic fowl, with a fine upstanding tail.
The Last Voyage | Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
British Dictionary definitions for gamey
gamy
/ (ˈɡeɪmɪ) /
having the smell or flavour of game, esp high game
informal spirited; plucky; brave
Derived forms of gamey
- gamily, adverb
- gaminess, noun
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