Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat like a bulb; bulbous.
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Examples
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I thought the purple things must be the garlics and the white bulby ones the onions.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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They shared a typical thick, bulby nose, scruffy whiskers -- even the females -- and sported ratty, wild hair that looked like it had been combed many years before with a stick.
Stalling 2010
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Except the sucker, bulby thing is not working here either.
Bits o' Brains kittenpie 2008
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The bulby thing left behind after the rose blossom dies away.
Don’t ask. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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They shared a typical thick, bulby nose, scruffy whiskers -- even the females -- and sported ratty, wild hair that looked like it had been combed many years before with a stick.
Kendermore Kirchoff, Mary 1989
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Hinton, a ruddy old man with iron-gray hair and a very red and bulby nose, was a garrulous servant, and after a tentative cough made an attempt at small talk.
Kathleen Christopher Morley 1923
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On the left was the old hoary wall, with a whitish bulby mass hanging inside of it.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849
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A small square, overlooked by stately mansions, emblazoned with the arms of the consuls of the various nations, forms its nucleus, from which numerous narrow and wriggling streets run out, much like the claws of a crab, from its round bulby body.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849
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It’s kinda stinky tho. *sprays scents ob humor in petite glass perfume bottle wif da bulby fingy and da litlol tassel*
Feelz like you hab - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Her face was fleshy, her nose had a bulby tip, "this new volume begins), but she should never be dismissed as a bitter antagonist.
unknown title 2009
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