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pimply

[pim-plee] / ˈpɪm pli /


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One pimply teenage boy named Oscar explained he didn’t have the resources to pay for a lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025

While many of my pimply peers slept in, I woke up at 6:30 a.m. on weekdays to watch Bismarck, North Dakota’s local NBC news broadcast, which would then segue into “Today.”

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025

For an adolescent, gossip was about currying favor, remaining on the inside of a group as a pimply teen terrified of being pushed outside.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2021

In her hallowed “Rock Encyclopedia,” critic Lilian Roxon begins Little Richard’s entry like this: “His pompadour was high and his hip action wicked when Elvis was still a pimply kid mowing lawns in Memphis.”

From Washington Post ● May 9, 2020

The area around his ceiling light fixture is pimply with little wads of once- chewed paper.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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