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streaky

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streak·y  (strk)
adj. streak·i·er, streak·i·est
1. Marked with, characterized by, or occurring in streaks.
2. Variable or uneven in character or quality.

streaki·ly adv.
streaki·ness n.

streaky [ˈstriːkɪ]
adj streakier, streakiest
1. marked with streaks
2. occurring in streaks
3. (Cookery) (of bacon) having alternate layers of meat and fat
4. of varying or uneven quality
streakily  adv
streakiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.streaky - marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations; "streaked hair"; "fat legs and dirty streaky faces"
patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

streaky
noun streaked, striped, banded, veined three rashers of streaky bacon
Translations
streaky [ˈstriːkɪ]
A. ADJrayado, listado; [rock etc] → veteado
B. CPD streaky bacon N (Brit) → tocino m con grasa, bacon m, beicon m
streaky [ˈstriːki] adj (= striped) → zébré(e), strié(e)
streaky bacon n (British)bacon m entrelardé
streaky
adj (+er) glass, faceverschmiert; window, mirrorstreifig; patterngestreift; hairsträhnig; streaky bacon (Brit) → durchwachsener Speck
streaky [ˈstriːkɪ] adj (colour, window, sky) → striato/a; (rock) → venato/a, screziato/a
streaky [ˈstriːkɪ] adj (colour, window, sky) → striato/a; (rock) → venato/a, screziato/a


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You may remember, Aggy, when I painted the sign of the bold dragoon for Captain Hollister there was that fellow, who was about town laying brick-dust on the houses, came one day and offered to mix what I call the streaky black, for the tail and mane; and then, because it looks like horse-hair, he tells everybody that the sign was painted by himself and Squire Jones.
" And Jos owned with a sigh, "that for good streaky beef, really mingled with fat and lean, there was no country like England.
It is the custom on the stage, in all good murderous melodramas, to present the tragic and the comic scenes, in as regular alternation, as the layers of red and white in a side of streaky bacon.
 
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