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Definition of Tussocky
1. a. Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts.
Definition of Tussocky
1. Adjective. Covered with tussocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tussocky
1. tussock [adj] - See also: tussock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tussocky
Literary usage of Tussocky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"The land is very tussocky." Hs TUT. The use of this word is restricted to any
article of dress which stands up disproportionately or irregularly; ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"Situated under native " Hop " bush, and slightly curved in shape; principally
constructed of coarse tussocky grass and Casuarina needles, ..."
3. Jungle By-ways in India: Leaves from the Note-book of a Sportsman and a by Edward Percy Stebbing (1911)
"My only protection consisted in having at my back a wall of the high tussocky
grass which resembled in colouring my khaki kit. But those 18 yards in front! ..."
4. The Diary of a Sportsman Naturalist in India by Edward Percy Stebbing (1920)
"... impaled on them ; dense cane brakes have to be skirted, areas of tussocky
grass negotiated, whilst the going underfoot, so far as my experience goes, ..."
5. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"She wa walking with her head hanging, her legs swinging as sh kicked through the
dead thistles and the tussocky grasi her arms hanging loose. ..."
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