Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
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- noun The quality of being
gamy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
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Examples
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The lemon cuts through any "gaminess", and if you get a chance to let it sit for an hour or two ... all the better!
Archive 2009-01-01 Sarah 2009
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The lemon cuts through any "gaminess", and if you get a chance to let it sit for an hour or two ... all the better!
By the Spanish Sea Sarah 2009
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I'm going to try and stick with it longer by scaling back the number of characters I'm playing, so there's not so much repetition (part of the undesired "gaminess").
Jethro Tull Season Begins! matociquala 2008
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There are some pinots that gain their character from a forest floor kind of gaminess that you either love or hate and even though wild yeasts were employed in the fermentation, the Cristom has avoided all that and made a wine of great purity and finesse.
At My Table 2007
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There are some pinots that gain their character from a forest floor kind of gaminess that you either love or hate and even though wild yeasts were employed in the fermentation, the Cristom has avoided all that and made a wine of great purity and finesse.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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The amount of "gaminess" you taste varies from deer to deer and depends on the age and eating habits of the animal as well as how quickly it was field dressed.
Frugal Upstate 2010
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Vacuum sealing has definitely eliminated any hint of gaminess that i remember from the venison i ate as a kid.
A Quick Guide to Refrigerating and Freezing Fresh Venison 2009
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Vacuum sealing has definitely eliminated any hint of gaminess that i remember from the venison i ate as a kid.
A Quick Guide to Refrigerating and Freezing Fresh Venison 2009
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The cherries lend a sweet tartness, the chestnuts give a nuttiness in both texture and flavor, and the radicchio pops with a fresh, bitter tang that helps cut through the sweetness of the cherries and gaminess of the duck.
Karine Bakhoum: Duck, Duck, NO Goose Karine Bakhoum 2012
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I distinctly remember tasting the gaminess of venison when i first tried it many years ago — it was ex-traor-dinary.
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