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Definition of Scaliest
1. scaly [adj] - See also: scaly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaliest
Literary usage of Scaliest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"It was one of the scaliest points about young Archer's affair, Jones, that Plumer
of ' the Dashers,' held the party in his own rooms. ..."
2. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"... with the scaliest of legs, quite as if you was accustomed to picking 'em out
for cheapness. ..."
3. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"... blackest, scaliest"—Captain Suggs paused, wiped his brow, and ejaculated, "Ah,
Lord!" so as to give full time for curiosity to become impatience to know ..."
4. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Wen I left hum, I heel two legs, an' they worn't bad ones neither (The scaliest
trick they ever played wuz bringin' on me hither), Now one ou 'em 's i ..."
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