Etymology
Origin of linty
Example Sentences
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The tendriled thing that spread across the aluminum frame was nothing other than linty fuzz that had been knocked off the backside of the blinds.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021
He has a linty sort of laugh, not hearty or loud, but something quickly brushed off.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2010
On a railroad siding off the main tracks, men in linty overalls were loading big pasteboard boxes full of cotton thread onto a freight car.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Major Major barely recognized him because he was wearing a faded maroon corduroy bathrobe with open seams under both arms, linty flannel pajamas, and worn house slippers with one flapping sole.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
I think of myself standing there in the gallery, surrounded by one-of-a-kind boutique wear and real pearls, widow-colored and linty where the Scotch tape has missed.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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