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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sardiney en · ADJ

Etymology

From sardine + -y.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or containing sardines.
    • Many a satisfactory jammy, sardiney orgy left its distended celebrants poorer in pocket certainly, but richer in cherished memories. 1936, George Charles Beresford, Schooldays with Kipling, page 98:
    • The sandwich toaster. It makes toasted sandwiches. Hot, buttery, cheesy, sardiney, tomatoey, anything-you-likey sandwiches. 2012, Lucy Mangan, My Family and Other Disasters:

Forms

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most sardiney Degree=Sup lexicographic
more sardiney Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

sardinelike