veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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She could mix a cocktail as well as the veriest flapper of today.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vivid colors, big bulks, graceful stream lines satisfied even the veriest tyro.
From Time Magazine Archive
The veriest Fourth Estate tyro should know that a police officer faced with an unruly mob is too busy to check his press card.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only the most blandly vacuous and the veriest tyros of the theatre can regard Cock o' the Roost favorably.
From Time Magazine Archive
The discovery however of this river by Heceta was certainly the veriest shadow of a discovery, as will be evident from his own report, which Mr. Greenhow has annexed in the Appendix to his work.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Travers Twiss
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