Tusky

//ˈtʌs.ki// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable Yorkshire, dialectal, uncountable

    "[…] mi little stick of Leeds grown tusky draws galas of rhubarb from the MET-set palms."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.

    "Ho! Strangers! have you lately ſeen, ſhe ſaid, / One of my Siſters, like my ſelf array’d; […] Vary’d with Spots, a Linx’s Hide ſhe wore: / And at full Cry purſu’d the tusky Boar?"

Synonyms

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betuskedrhubarbrhubarbtusked

Example

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"Ho! Strangers! have you lately ſeen, ſhe ſaid, / One of my Siſters, like my ſelf array’d; […] Vary’d with Spots, a Linx’s Hide ſhe wore: / And at full Cry purſu’d the tusky Boar?"

Etymology

From Middle English tusky, equivalent to tusk + -y.

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