mussiness
- a word derived from mussy.
Example Sentences
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Women want to push out into life, to share with men the disorder and mussiness of little things.
From Marching Men by Anderson, Sherwood
"Things had got to that state of mussiness, that you just began at one end and worked through to the other, and every inch looked new made over after you as you went along."
From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
Butter sandwiches must be exceedingly thin and shapely, and have no suggestion of mussiness.
From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary
To me it was getting up before dawn, and washing in ice-cold water, no time to comb the hair, always carrying a feeling of personal mussiness, with an adjustment to dirt.
From Golden Lads by Gleason, Arthur
Again and again he nearly lost his balance, in his violent attempts to dress his beautiful plumage, and remove the last remnant of nest mussiness.
From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne
