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Stallonesque

Stallonesque adjective: in the style of Sylvester Stallone, an American actor.

Adjective

Stallonesque (not comparable)

  1. in the style of Sylvester Stallone, an American actor.
    • Fourteen years old, dressed from head to toe in camouflage gear, with a Stallonesque headband and pimples.2012, Tom Holt, Djinn Rummy, Orbit, →ISBN
    • When his car was surrounded by Harvard students opposed to the war in 1967, Secretary of Defense McNamara stood on the hood and with Stallonesque élan screamed, "I was tougher than you are then1989, Jack Trumpboru, How Harvard Rules: Reason in the Service of Empire, South End Press, →ISBN, page 112

Origin of Stallonesque

From Stallone + -esque.

Questions about Stallonesque

What does Stallonesque mean?
Stallonesque means in the style of Sylvester Stallone, an American actor.
What part of speech is Stallonesque?
Stallonesque is an adjective.

Words near Stallonesque in the dictionary

  1. stallman
  2. stallmen
  3. stallon
  4. Stallone
  5. Stallones
  6. Stallonesque
  7. Stallonian
  8. stallons
  9. stallproof
  10. stalls
  11. stalls for time

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