unstarched
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a word derived from
starch.
starchnouna white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O5 ) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
Example Sentences
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On the porch of a Korean house nearby were about 20 Communists, half of them North Koreans with shoulder boards and fancy uniforms, half, Chinese with unstarched, unmarked yellow-green uniforms.
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When the patient began sleeping on unstarched sheets, her troubles were over.
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As he disembarks from the Congo Queen his unstarched predecessor is carried aboard, toes turned up, Britain-bound.
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Many another staunch spirit was equally unstarched last week.
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It was in a very limp, unstarched condition of mind and body that he landed on the Calais quay.
From The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender by W.O.E. Evans