Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
shrimp ;shrimplike .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used especially of persons) of inferior size
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Examples
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I would first boil shrimpy, and then grill him and baste him with a butter and garlic sauce.
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If you had a blimpy with your shrimpy, would that qualify as surf and turf?
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MacNeill: If you had a blimpy with your shrimpy, would that qualify as surf and turf?
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I do like the perspective on the baby-to-be, and it beats the heck out of the little shrimpy images from my high-school health class. gwappa |
development 2009
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“Now come on, Sarah Bear, and get your shrimpy ass in gear.”
The Unwritten Rule Elizabeth Scott 2010
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“Now come on, Sarah Bear, and get your shrimpy ass in gear.”
The Unwritten Rule Elizabeth Scott 2010
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I called on Cwasey, a shrimpy bespectacled boy with squinty eyes and a freshly shaved head.
Dan Brown: The First Day of "The Great Expectations School" (Exclusive Book Excerpt) 2009
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When he was 11, not yet into puberty enough to have major strength but definitely not a shrimpy boy any more, we were visiting my grandparents in Oklahoma at Christmas.
Who Feasts and Who Famishes Maggie Jochild 2007
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Crisp breadcrumbs also good on shrimpy and other fish pastas, I think, where cheese on top is a bit strange.
Salty Goodness Lindy 2007
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It tastes amazingly shrimpy from shrimp stock, the shrimp aren't overcooked, the creamy Anson Mills are oh-so-buttery, and the bacon is crisp and not stiff in the slightest.
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