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  • noun Plural form of pretty.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretty.

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Examples

  • - When someone says "Picking and choosing from oppressed cultures for your pretties is appropriative," and we get that zero-g stomach-doing-flips sense of I have done something fundamentally wrong.

    As we're looking through our prison bars do I see mud when you see stars? shweta_narayan 2010

  • And that, my pretties, is just one more reason to cheer the end of Riverbend.

    June 20th, 2005 2005

  • Over many years a surgical procedure was developed to turn young people into so-called pretties.

    Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • Over many years a surgical procedure was developed to turn young people into so-called pretties.

    Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • Mrs. Hall, waxing enthusiastic, had asked her husband to bring forth the "pretties," and had spent half an hour showing them to Grief.

    A LITTLE ACCOUNTWITH SWITHIN HALL 2010

  • In comes Nancy Pelosi, the "Wicked Witch of the West," piloting what appears to be a flaming airliner, making the innocent "pretties" pay for her expensive San Francisco offices, throwing debt around with "Wall Street bailouts" and sicing her flying IRS tax monkeys on the American taxpayers.

    John Dennis, Nancy Pelosi's Challenger, Calls Her 'Wicked Witch Of The West' In New Ad (VIDEO) 2010

  • Jean loves all the old furniture and was more interested in going in and looking at the 'pretties' which were all chest and things than looking at the dinky toys or the ty toys with dad which was a suprise.

    Snell-Pym » Getting Lost With Dad 2009

  • The celebration and "pretties" are always fun, but I wouldn't turn down a chance at happiness if I didn't get that.

    Celebrating the "Yes" with a bunch of "No"s Jen 2009

  • Parker routinely wears my "pretties" (bracelets) and no one says boo about it.

    Our Daughters, Our Selves kittenpie 2006

  • Sandie posted at 9:34 AM too funny! and I walk in the woods much the same way you do! no worries and looking at all the 'pretties' ;

    Into the woods e 2008

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