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piratey en · ADJ

Etymology

From pirate + -y.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) Synonym of piratelike.
   • Armed with shovels, gloves and headlamps, the team followed their map to the dig site. The vibe was “very piratey,” Dr. Weber said. Dr. Telewski set to digging a neat, squared-off hole. 2021 April 21, Cara Giaimo, “One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2021:

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Synonyms

piratelike