blowsy

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I suddenly knew, what I have always suspected, that I was blowsy,--blowsy and loose-jointed, with legs that are too long and not the right sort of feet.

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  • She was fat and blowsy, with raindrops shining in the black roots of her bleached hair. —  Death of a Macho Man
  • The wealthy Luzon Union politician was more blowsy-looking than ever in his tropical-tramp disguise How much influence have you with the police chief of Mantilla and the president of the Luzon Union," Doc questioned I made them!" —  005 - The Pirate of the Pacific
  • “Ms. Brook?” Magnolia Brook was oddly suited to her name, being large, blowsy, colorful, and given to the habit of wide, loose gestures. —  The Art of Detection
  • At rest her fingers tended to curl up like a claw, or like the petals of a flower gone a bit blowsy: her hand was always out, always open, ready to take what found its way there and seize it. —  SON OF A WITCH
  • She is doughy, blowsy, and stupid, as well as highly strung and stylish. —  Maguire, Gregory - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - UC [.html].htm
 

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