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meatloafy en · ADJ

Etymology

From meatloaf + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of meatloaf.
   • Patting the older woman’s back, Beth inhaled the meatloafy air mixed with cinnamon potpourri that wafted from the house. 2016, Krista Phillips, chapter 10, in A Side of Love, Spring Hill, Tenn.: One Woman’s Dream, →ISBN, page 74:
   • Mussels, schnitzels and more line the menu but the real speciality here are bals, huge homemade meatloafy meatballs. 2010, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Karla Zimmerman, The Netherlands, 4th edition, Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 211, column 2:
   • The schwarma ($4.95 sandwich at lunch) is the meatloafy kind, but cleverly spiced with coriander seed, mustard, and garlic to taste a lot like pastrami. 1992 August 14, Robert Nadeau, “The Sabra”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume XXI, number 33, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, section two, page 10, column 1:
   • It has a bit of a meatloafy, damp chewiness to it, seasoned both inside and out with a proprietary blend of spices, all of which come together to highlight the beefy and aged notes of the quality blend. 2015, Eli Hinkel, Effective Curriculum for Teaching L2 Writing: Principles and Techniques (ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series), New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 280:

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