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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

They seemed worldly, wiser, and way cooler than our pimply selves, even though they were actually just one or two years older.

From Salon Jul. 16, 2022

And so I started adolescence with the wrong bras, pimply and hairy, standing for hours in the drugstore trying to figure out what I could buy in order to fix myself.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2021

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

He recognized the pimply wizard: His name was Stan Shunpike, and he was in fact a conductor on the triple-decker Knight Bus.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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