tallowy
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of tallowy
First recorded in 1400–50, tallowy is from the late Middle English word talwy. See tallow, -y 1
Example Sentences
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When the doctor handed Emmett to me, tallowy and streaked with blood, it was the first time I’d ever really held a baby.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2015
Pearlstein's "look," with its tallowy monumentality, its peculiar blend of remoteness and intimacy, did not appear overnight.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tallowy face of Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov glowered from the front page of every important newspaper in the land.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beef dripping is preferable to any other for cooking purposes, as, with mutton dripping, there is liable to be a tallowy taste and smell.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
On now catching the first glimpse of Mr. Gammon, he started from his musing posture, not a little disconcerted, and agitation overspread his coarse deeply-pitted face with a tallowy hue.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren
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