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tallsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From tall + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked, or characterised by tallness
   • The little man stood up on Chert's shoulder and doffed his ratskin hat before making a small bow. “Beetledown the Bowman, I hight, tallsome lady. [...]” 2006, Tad Williams, Shadowmarch:
   • If you were yellow, 'stead of white, / And lived in far Hankow, / Had sat for weeks above the flood / Upon tallsome bough; [...] 1931, The Auckland Star:
   • Someone in the present instance (not to make comparison with those tallsome dudes, you understand) so far out of the loop he doesn't even know what the loop is, nor cares to; [...] 2012, M. Olson, Syzygy:

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