kelpy
Americannoun
plural
kelpiesExample Sentences
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“The Bonita is an oyster-eater’s oyster. It is savory, kelpy and very beachy,” then-general manager Cody Goodwin explained.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2018
"We haven't seen the kelpy, after all," said Reeves.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
"Do you think a kelpy would look like that?" said the girl dreamily.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
We feel the floods surging over us, we sound with him to the kelpy bottom of the waters; sea-weed and all the slime of the sea is about us!
From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Melville, Herman
No, it was a kelpy, and his grandmother had told him so.
From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by Asbj?rnsen, P. Chr.
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