adjective
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of, covered with, or resembling turf
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relating to or characteristic of horse racing or persons connected with it
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Etymology
Origin of turfy
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“It’s a classically Irish palette, balancing the turfy and the moony.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2021
It’s a classically Irish palette, balancing the turfy and the moony.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2021
White swans and yellow punts rippled on the gentle blue Avon, and along its turfy banks, lovers lolled and plum trees flowered.
From Time Magazine Archive
A snatch of turfy drumming, then I went flying over a ruck and the ground booted the air out of me and I got a glimpse of a leaping dog's flank.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Back among the turfy levels that stretched broadly between the flagged pathways, you saw the timorous green of hardy grass, where an occasional pale wreath of unmelted snow yet lingered.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
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