adjective
Etymology
Origin of strawy
Example Sentences
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We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt they were kneeling then.
From Slate ● Dec. 25, 2012
Luther wrote of the Epistle of James, "In comparison with the best books of the New Testament, it is a downright strawy epistle."
From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by Newton, R. Heber
Shake out all the rank, dry, strawy part of the manure and lay it aside for other purposes.
From Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure by Falconer, William
The very cock crows lonesomely at morn— Each flag and fern the shrinking stream divides— Uneasy cattle low, and lambs forlorn Creep to their strawy sheds with nettled sides.
From Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study by Anonymous
Above her black dress her face was pale with an opaque whiteness, her eyes were pale as water in a glass, and her strawy hair was almost colourless.
From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous
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