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Synonyms for tacky
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : tak-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæk i |
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Définition of tacky
Origin :- "sticky," 1788, from tack (n.1) in the sense of "an act of attaching temporarily" + -y (2).
- adj cheap, tasteless
- When the glaire has ceased to be “tacky,” the gold is laid on.
- Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
- Madison, my first town, showed me that my clothes were homemade and tacky.
- Extract from : « The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography » by Unknown
- This effect is further magnified if the “tacky” piece of rubber is packed in close contact with previously unaffected rubber.
- Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
- There is sufficient evidence to warrant the injunction that tacky rubber should be excluded from contact with sound rubber.
- Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
- It has been stated that sound rubber left in contact with tacky specimens was found to be unaffected after two years.
- Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
- The grimy old towel, the slimy old towel, The tacky old towel that hung on the wall.
- Extract from : « A line-o'-verse or two » by Bert Leston Taylor
- A vellum binding which is “tacky” may be rubbed over with powdered soapstone after cleaning.
- Extract from : « Book Repair and Restoration » by Mitchell Buck
- People were sorrier than ever for Jim and for his aunt and for the tacky, pretty little Hardin girl.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
- If it is allowed to get properly dry it will be next to impossible to make it tacky by breathing upon it.
- Extract from : « Illumination and its Development in the Present Day » by Sidney Farnsworth
- We looked like a tacky party as almost every one had on something borrowed or incongruous.
- Extract from : « Back at School with the Tucker Twins » by Nell Speed
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