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or gamey
as in suggestive
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
a singles bar where the conversations and come-on lines tend to be gamy
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Recent Examples of gamy
The plot is a deliberately gamy melodrama.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
Eating goat curry can mean doing battle with bone fragments, but The Russell’s kitchen minimizes this problem via careful butchering; the meat fell away from the bone in big tender chunks and also possessed none of the slightly gamy taste goat meat can have.
—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2022
The reindeer is gamy, such a distinct flavor.
—Steve Thomas, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
Wild turkeys were definitely eaten by the first European colonists, but these were small gamy fowls quite unlike the average farmed turkey.
—Bee Wilson, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2022
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
Eating goat curry can mean doing battle with bone fragments, but The Russell’s kitchen minimizes this problem via careful butchering; the meat fell away from the bone in big tender chunks and also possessed none of the slightly gamy taste goat meat can have.
—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2022
The reindeer is gamy, such a distinct flavor.
—Steve Thomas, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
Wild turkeys were definitely eaten by the first European colonists, but these were small gamy fowls quite unlike the average farmed turkey.
—Bee Wilson, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2022
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Read More: How Barbie Came to Life The turning point that elevated the status of the popcorn buckets might have been this past March, when director Denis Villeneuve reacted with shock to the admittedly suggestive AMC Dune: Part 2 receptacle.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
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John Zogby Grade: C Two new polls out late this week are very suggestive.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
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Think oysters on the half shell, baked, or fried, crab cakes, crudo and tartare, fish and chips, creamy pasta, roasted chicken or duck, smoked salmon, curries or spicy cuisine, apple pie, crème brûlée, bread pudding, or an assortment of cheese.Michelle Williams, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Some research has found that capsaicin, the active ingredient in spicy peppers, may help lessen symptoms of coughing.8 6.Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 21 Nov. 2024
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Turn a late off week that drew groans early in the season into a force for good, a re-set, and a launching pad into the final four games.Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024
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Part of the balloon broke off in the collision, injuring a 10-year-old girl and an off-duty police officer in the crowd.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Zoey Deutch, who recently made her Broadway debut in a production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, found herself in an embarrassing situation when an opening night gift to her classmates unwittingly tapped into a racy backstage tradition.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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YouTube/Screenshot by NPR The New York City priest who was disciplined last year for letting pop star Sabrina Carpenter film a racy music video inside his church is now being accused of mishandling nearly $2 million in parish funds.Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Gamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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