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gamey, gamy [ˈgeɪmɪ] adj gamier, gamiest
1. having the smell or flavour of game, esp high game 2. Informal spirited; plucky; brave gamily adv gaminess n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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And they have a swarm of rusty, dusty, battered apostles standing around the filagree work, some on one leg and some with one eye out but a gamey look in the other, and some with two or three fingers gone, and some with not enough nose left to blow--all of them crippled and discouraged, and fitter subjects for the hospital than the cathedral. And now the haunch of mutton vapour-bath having received a gamey infusion, and a few last touches of sweets and coffee, was quite ready, and the bathers came; but not before the discreet automaton had got behind the bars of the piano music-desk, and there presented the appearance of a captive languishing in a rose- wood jail. |
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