Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rude; clownish; illiterate.
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
peasant .
Etymologies
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Examples
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SUMMER—GIVE YOUR HIPS SOME LOVE Summertime is meant for loose, gauzy, peasantlike tops that allow you to actually enjoy a backyard barbecue or poolside cocktail hour.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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SUMMER—GIVE YOUR HIPS SOME LOVE Summertime is meant for loose, gauzy, peasantlike tops that allow you to actually enjoy a backyard barbecue or poolside cocktail hour.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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SUMMER—GIVE YOUR HIPS SOME LOVE Summertime is meant for loose, gauzy, peasantlike tops that allow you to actually enjoy a backyard barbecue or poolside cocktail hour.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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As dry and hard as the chambermaid in the hotel had been, she looked him over with peasantlike mistrust, without coming to the door.
Maigret Afraid Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1953
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His figure was undersized, his visage brown, hard, and peasantlike, his gesture was a gesticulation, and his voice was alternately feeble and shrill.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various
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Her skin was lightly tanned, and she looked strong, but not at all peasantlike.
A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay 1910
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Something peasantlike in his genius may blind him a little to the finer shades of character and set him astray in his reports of cultivated society.
Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines John Matthews Manly 1902
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"Absolutely, monsieur," I answered in a rough peasantlike voice.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Absolutely, monsieur," I answered in a rough peasantlike voice.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 5 Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Absolutely, monsieur," I answered in a rough peasantlike voice.
The Seats of the Mighty, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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