torchy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of torchy
1620–30, in sense “full of torches”; 1940–45 for this sense; torch 1 + -y 1
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“Torchy but not torchy, fun but not overproduced,” he said in a 2018 interview.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022
Sometimes, the cranes linger outside the house, peering into the picture window in their living room — especially, she is convinced, when she plays music by torchy Japanese ballad singers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
Originally voiced by Jerry Nelson, she sometimes wears a horn-rimmed lorgnette, fans herself with plastic and sings torchy, bluesy songs.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2022
There are veteran performers: Dawnn Lewis, the torchy siren; Valerie Perri, the comic chanteuse; and Larry Cedar, the all-purpose funny guy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
This told, strange Teras touch'd her lute, and sung This ditty, that the torchy evening sprung.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
It just gets torchier as that love goes unrequited.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Ms. May followed through, torchier than ever, and Mr. Beck’s guitar escalated again, screaming and slicing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2011
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