sprucy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sprucy
Example Sentences
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"Chase that sprucy chicken out, will you, there's a dear."
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“You don’t look sprucy, like you did, Br’er Tarrypin,” says Br’er Fox.
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The nearest “real, sure-enough town” to the Corners is Sprucy Branch and that is fourteen miles from Luray, with its famous caverns.
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To reach Sprucy Branch from Four Corners one must drive or ride “a right smart distance,” and then to reach Luray take a railway trip or drive the fourteen miles.
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It was a wonderful old place, beautiful, stately, and so situated upon its wooded upland that it commanded a magnificent view of the broad valley of Sprucy Stream.
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