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gamy

[gey-mee] / ˈgeɪ mi /


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Plus, the horror has a purpose, beyond gamy genre thrills.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2023

An intriguing pinot, with intense flavors of cherries, tree bark and a gamy meat on a grill tantalizingly out of sight, all wrapped in silky elegance.

From Washington Post Jul. 22, 2021

The chorizo and the gamy lamb were too dry and lean.

From Seattle Times Jan. 21, 2020

Three hours later, there was a rank, stubborn, gamy taste in my mouth, and no amount of beer-rinsing or tooth-brushing would get rid of it.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2018

But lugging all those buckets of water up to the house was hard work, and I would put off bathing until I was feeling pretty gamy.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup, usually made with beef or chicken — but turkey adds a rich, gamier spin on the comforting classic.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2021

This blend works best on darker, gamier meat like turkey, duck, and goose.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2021

Here they have morphed into something glitzier and gamier.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2018

Still the gamier, scandalous side of presidential families most concerns and entertains Americans.

From Time Magazine Archive

The quail egg Runt had brought was smaller, its speckled shell flecked with dried grass, and it smelled gamier than the ones his humans ate.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

R. 26—This proved so far the gamiest round in the fight, give and take being the order of the day, but Marr finally proved himself high cock-a-lorum, and won the round.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2019

As a crusading managing editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, he nosed out some of the gamiest scandals Chicago has spawned.

From Time Magazine Archive

His first whiff of electioneering was Georgia politics at its gamiest.

From Time Magazine Archive

James A. Stillman, late National City Banker, heir to millions, and co-star of one of the gamiest divorce suits of the '20s, turned out to have died deep in debt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some fishermen claim that it is the "prettiest, gamiest, sweetest and choicest" fish of the Lake, and it has been caught weighing as high as twelve pounds.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by George Wharton James




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