Definitions
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- adjective Resembling, containing, or characteristic of
charcoal .
Etymologies
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charcoal + -y
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Examples
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We picked our way gingerly up the stairs which were black and charcoaly of course all the electric light had fused long ago.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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'I can't write back because my hands are all charcoaly,' she explained;
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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It is always black, then, that these things turn, is it not? and a fine rich _charcoaly_ black, as you may see if you please to observe charcoal closely, for just such is the color of little burnt cakes, over-roasted chestnuts, and potatoes in their skins, which have been dropped into the fire.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
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