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haddocky

haddocky adjective: resembling or characteristic of haddock.

Adjective

haddocky (comparative more haddocky, superlative most haddocky)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of haddock.
    • […] a secret and terrible old woman called Magsby, whom Lady Hampshire could ruin on the spot for forging a valueless cheque of her father's, opened the door to the clients, and made gruesome haddocky meals for herself in the kitchen.1920, E. F. Benson, The Countess of Lowndes Square and Other Stories
    • When she opened her eyes again, that haddocky smell would be gone!2014, Sarah Courtauld, Buckle and Squash and the Monstrous Moat-Dragon

Forms of haddocky

comparativemore haddocky
superlativemost haddocky

Origin of haddocky

From haddock + -y.

Questions about haddocky

What does haddocky mean?
Haddocky means resembling or characteristic of haddock.
What part of speech is haddocky?
Haddocky is an adjective.

Words near haddocky in the dictionary

  1. Haddixes
  2. haddock
  3. haddocker
  4. haddockers
  5. haddocks
  6. haddocky
  7. Haddon
  8. Haddon Heights
  9. Haddonfield
  10. Haddons
  11. Haddow

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