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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.
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"
streaked
patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
Translations
streaky [ˈstriːkɪ] adj → rayado
streaky [ˈstriːkɪ] adj → zébré(e) → strié(e)
streaky [ˈstriːkɪ] streak adj (bacon) → durchwachsen
streaky [ˈstriːkɪ] adj → screziato/a, striato/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.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
" And Jos owned with a sigh, "that for good streaky beef, really mingled with fat and lean, there was no country like England.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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