tressy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tressy
Example Sentences
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Though costly and time-consuming, it is possible to straighten the tressy component that adorns the top of your head.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2014
Or you can turn your head toward them and pretend that you are on a photo shoot and have tressy Gisele Bündchen hair.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2014
Things haven’t been this implausibly tressy since that period after Cromwell when the British monarchy was restored to the throne.
From Slate ● May 14, 2012
What was formerly perceived as elegantly tressy is now seen as verging on balding.
From Slate ● May 14, 2012
And her hat, with shady brim, Made her tressy forehead dim;-- Thus she stood amid the stooks, Praising God with sweetest looks.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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