lardy
Americanadjective
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like or consisting of lard.
lardy pastry.
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fat or becoming fat.
a diet designed for the lardy figure.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lardy
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It has its own lardy animal sort of flavor.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2020
Even before the fat fracas ignited a war of facts, it had already dragged New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg into the lardy mix.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, cuddled in the haymow, were Grommet, the smith’s lardy daughter, and the pockmarked pig boy from the manor.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
Butter: bacteria in, 154; bitter, 158; "cowy,"157; fishy, 159; lardy, 157; moldy, 158; mottled, 156; oily, 158; putrid, 156; rancid, 155; tallowy, 157; turnip flavor in, 157.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell
When the dainty shadings of taste are over-shadowed by a "lardy" flavor, the true taste of the food itself is lost.
From The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil
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