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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

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

The operation was so stripped down that the high-powered lawyer ended up doing tasks normally handled by pimply interns — grabbing coffee or lunches for Santorum or doing advance work.

From Washington Post Jan. 30, 2020

A pimply lieutenant came in every half-hour to lie that the officers were busy, weren’t there, were long gone, and had never been there to begin with.

From Slate May 21, 2018

Put on a tuxedo and dance the waltz with some pimply faced girl whose major goal in life is to master the bass trombone?

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper




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