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linty

American  
[lin-tee] / ˈlɪn ti /

adjective

lintier, lintiest
  1. full of or covered with lint.

    This blue suit gets linty quickly.

  2. like lint.

    linty bits on his coat.


Etymology

Origin of linty

First recorded in 1600–10; lint + -y 1


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

Daddy takes a gray, linty handkerchief from his pocket.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Somewhere along the way, Pollard crossed paths with a jockey agent named Yummy, a round, toad-eyed, linty man, built low.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

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