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palmy

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palm·y  (päm)
adj. palm·i·er, palm·i·est
1. Of or relating to palm trees.
2. Covered with palm trees.
3. Prosperous; flourishing: palmy times for stockbrokers.
palmy
Adjective
[palmier, palmiest]
1. successful, prosperous and happy: the palmy days of youth
2. covered with palm trees: palmy beaches
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Adj.1.palmy - very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
booming, flourishing, prospering, roaring, thriving, prosperous
successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"


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thou famed leviathan, scarred like an iceberg, who so long did'st lurk in the Oriental straits of that name, whose spout was oft seen from the palmy beach of Ombay?
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
They are relics of the grandeur of Genoa's palmy days--the days when she was a great commercial and maritime power several centuries ago.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
I remembered Port, Sherry, and Claret in my palmy dinner-days at the doctor's family-table; but certainly not Old Madeira.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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