Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to palm trees.
- adjective Covered with palm trees.
- adjective Prosperous; flourishing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bearing or abounding in palms.
- Of or derived from the palm.
- Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms.
- adjective Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very lively and profitable
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then there swung a school of what we call the palmy days of old comedy, and in the '40's it dwindled to nothing, and England and America waited until the early
Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 Bronson Howard 1875
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It had evidently been the ballroom or reception-room of the defunct Marchesa in palmy days.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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It is no exaggeration to say that some of the actions of the packets and their dauntless crews recall the palmy days of Elizabethan naval prowess and exploits such as that of the immortal _Revenge_.
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The Riptonian handed him off in a manner that recalled the palmy days of the old Prize Ring -- handing off was always slightly vigorous in the Ripton _v.
The Gold Bat 1928
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The Riptonian handed him off in a manner that recalled the palmy days of the old Prize Ring -- handing off was always slightly vigorous in the Ripton _v.
The Gold Bat 1928
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The Riptonian handed him off in a manner that recalled the palmy days of the old Prize Ring -- handing off was always slightly vigorous in the Ripton _v.
The Gold Bat 1928
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But, for the rest of it -- Reed, I knew you in what you are pleased to call your palmy days.
The Brentons Anna Chapin Ray 1905
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As a display of military enthusiasm, the _Champ de Mai_, of June 1st, recalled the palmy days gone by.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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These were the planters of the neighbouring country, many of whom came nightly to visit the theatre, and this from very considerable distances; forming such an audience as cannot be seen elsewhere in this hackney-coach age; indeed, to look on so many fine horses, with their antique caparisons, piquetted about the theatre, recalled the palmy days of the Globe and Bear-garden.
Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. Tyrone Power 1818
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The remainder of the crew of 125 were quartered in the main surgery, a larger room, where there had been four operating tables and a cast room in our "palmy" days.
Sasaki 1999
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