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

The next two inches of the dung should have about a sixth part of light turfy loam reduced to mould, and sifted, mixed with it to give it body.

From Theory and Practice, Applied to the Cultivation of the Cucumber in the Winter Season To Which Is Added a Chapter on Melons by Moore, Thomas