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
Other Word Forms
- turfiness noun
Etymology
Origin of turfy
Example Sentences
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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
It was Pat that sprang first ashore when the paddlers with a resounding "Yo!" drove the canoe alongside a turfy platform by the bank, worn level by the treading of innumerable feet.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Strang, Herbert
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