turfy
Example Sentences
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“It’s a classically Irish palette, balancing the turfy and the moony.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2021
It’s a classically Irish palette, balancing the turfy and the moony.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2021
White swans and yellow punts rippled on the gentle blue Avon, and along its turfy banks, lovers lolled and plum trees flowered.
From Time Magazine Archive
A snatch of turfy drumming, then I went flying over a ruck and the ground booted the air out of me and I got a glimpse of a leaping dog's flank.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
And Eustace himself was thinking, as they ascended the steep, turfy slopes, what a great piece of luck this was which had fallen in his way.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
