Definitions
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- adjective having a sour acidic taste
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Examples
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The smell of a new car filled her acid-tasting mouth.
Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety] Saintcrow, Lilith 2005
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The ridiculous bender that had followed his Brits adventures, the hectic rehearsals, the weeks on the road had all passed in a blur of beer-soaked, speed-driven, coked-up, acid-tasting nastiness, and now suddenly he was sitting in his dressing room with a real person.
High Society Elton, Ben 2002
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Earth police were watching her; to them, she was a convenience maintained for outworld people, something like a soft chair in the Earthport lobbies or a drinking fountain with acid-tasting water for strangers who could not tolerate the insipid water of Earth.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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When at last Dirk screamed, Sean dropped the sjambok, reeled back against the side of the wagon and leaned there gasping, fighting down the nausea which flooded acid-tasting up his throat.
The Sound of Thunder Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1966
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Beside the cottonwoods and the willows there was an occasional wild-cherry tree; in the shrubs were the service-berry, and the squaw-berry, with sticky, acid-tasting fruit.
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I like flavored semi-solids becuase I’ve had over 90% of my tastebuds burned off in a horrific acid-tasting accident.
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