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gamy

[gey-mee] / ˈgeɪ mi /


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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

The goat remains the stunner of the menu, impossibly creamy, with a hint of gamy flair.

From New York Times Sep. 5, 2019

The gamy crime comedy “High on the Hog” rips off two kinds of “grindhouse” — the actual low-budget exploitation pictures of yore, and Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s stylishly ironic 2007 homage.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2019

The air is dense with the chattering of shoemakers and the gamy scents of leather and tannin and dye.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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

Chicago has a less metronomic, but even gamier tradition.

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

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

Up to five months ago, when he became the central figure in the gamiest Washington scandal in years, Baker was secretary to the Senate's Democratic majority.

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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