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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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
Then came soft, turfy forest that deadened the wheels, and two troopers—on detachment duty—came noiselessly behind us.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
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