Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Formed like a stalk: resembling a stalk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Long and
thin , like astalk of a plant. - adjective Of a plant, having
stalks
Etymologies
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Examples
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It chanced that there was but one of them on duty in the wood that morning -- a certain short, stalky little fellow whose name was Walter Skinner, and who was fond of speaking of himself as a king's man.
A Boy's Ride Gulielma Zollinger
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At the second transplanting, Hiram snipped back the tops, and the roots as well, so that each plant would grow sturdily and not be too "stalky".
Hiram the Young Farmer Burbank L. Todd
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He had made tea for us; it was what the monks called mountain tea, a delicious mixture of mint, floral herbs, and a stalky item reminiscent of chamomile.
Scott Cairns: The Unceasing Prayer Of Mount Athos: A Short Trip To The Edge Scott Cairns 2011
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He had made tea for us; it was what the monks called mountain tea, a delicious mixture of mint, floral herbs, and a stalky item reminiscent of chamomile.
Scott Cairns: The Unceasing Prayer Of Mount Athos: A Short Trip To The Edge Scott Cairns 2011
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She reminded him of a fawn, gangly and stalky, with wet brown eyes.
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Never put anything on Facebook that you would not want your boss, your creepy stalky ex-lover, or your young students/clients to find out.
Why I'm deleting my Facebook account wolflahti 2010
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If the editor took the time to scrawl"Nzce jb grape jelly assassin, send mor pls," it means they thought enough of your work to risk the potential hazardous attraction of the stalky, mad, one-percent club I'm just guessing that 1% of slush submitters do the really crazy stuff - it could be more.
February 2010 2010
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If the editor took the time to scrawl"Nzce jb grape jelly assassin, send mor pls," it means they thought enough of your work to risk the potential hazardous attraction of the stalky, mad, one-percent club I'm just guessing that 1% of slush submitters do the really crazy stuff - it could be more.
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I see him through the glass recline across the backseat, stalky in his blue underwear, wispy and pale as the sky.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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If the editor took the time to scrawl"Nzce jb grape jelly assassin, send mor pls," it means they thought enough of your work to risk the potential hazardous attraction of the stalky, mad, one-percent club I'm just guessing that 1% of slush submitters do the really crazy stuff - it could be more.
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