Definitions
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- adjective
turniplike
Etymologies
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turnip + -y
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Examples
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He was a kid of about four and a half, I fancy, with a turnippy head and a suit of togs that must have been new, he was so jolly proud of them.
Boycotted And Other Stories Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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There is a pretty example of patience for us in this; and it would be well for young people generally to set themselves to grow in a carrotty or turnippy manner, and lay up secret store, not caring to exhibit it until the time comes for fruitful display.
Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859
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