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- adjective
comparative form ofprissy : moreprissy
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Examples
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I think Hitchens’ sentiments quoted above amount to Stu Bykovsky in prissier prose.
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Some of the prissier magazines, notably The New Yorker and Life, refused to run the ads.
Archive 2006-08-01 KaneCitizen 2006
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Some of the prissier magazines, notably The New Yorker and Life, refused to run the ads.
Elliott White Springs, Man After My Own Heart KaneCitizen 2006
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Is not a cupcake just a prissier muffin, perhaps a slightly finer body made with cake flour, but with no real substance on the inside, only covered with frosting make-up and adorned with flashy chocolate and candy accessories on the outside?
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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Is not a cupcake just a prissier muffin, perhaps a slightly finer body made with cake flour, but with no real substance on the inside, only covered with frosting make-up and adorned with flashy chocolate and candy accessories on the outside?
Carrot Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling - We're Gonna Need a Montage 2006
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And, most days, Frasier's psychiatrist brother Niles: younger, prissier - and instantly infatuated with Daphne.
The Guardian World News Catherine Shoard 2010
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This bacterial strain thrives in salty or cold environments where prissier pests might perish: cold cuts, smoked salmon, soft cheeses and many a refrigerator.
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This bacterial strain thrives in salty or cold environments where prissier pests might perish: cold cuts, smoked salmon, soft cheeses and many a refrigerator.
Medindia Health News 2010
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And, most days, Frasier's psychiatrist brother Niles: younger, prissier - and instantly infatuated with Daphne.
Culture | guardian.co.uk Catherine Shoard 2010
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The Conservatives, who were prissier, wore blue handkerchiefs.
unknown title 2009
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