Etymology
Origin of linty
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
Daddy takes a gray, linty handkerchief from his pocket.
From Literature
We won’t really know how well this one stands up until people try storing it in grubby, linty, sandy pockets and opening it dozens of times a day.
From Washington Post
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 Literature
Over an array of rhythms that sound both linty and plush, the album finds him fixating on certain lyrics, repeating them over and over, as if looking at himself from different angles in a dressing room mirror.
From Washington Post
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