Definitions
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- adjective somewhat
tall
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- adjective somewhat tall
Etymologies
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Examples
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Perhaps they should have considered ripping off a tallish Scotsman.
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Maybe the next few years will only amount to a series of rather tallish speed bumps.
Matthew Yglesias » Japan’s 20 Years in the Dolrums Highlights Need for Effective Recovery Policies 2009
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I opened my eyes and beheld a tallish woman crouched over me.
Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010
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Sitting on a tallish red stool, he removed his shoes and right sock, carefully using his toes to place the sock in his right shoe.
Liu Wei, Armless Pianist, Plays With His Toes, Wows Audience (VIDEO) 2010
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And here I am, tallish and brunette and brown as sugar.
Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010
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I am tallish and thinnish, with straight brown hair that I usually pull back and clip with one of those hair thingees.
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The focus was a tallish Arab millionaire named Osama bin Laden, who had made it his mission in life to hurt the United States, to drive the "infidel" -- that's us -- out of Muslim lands.
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Sitting on a tallish red stool, he removed his shoes and right sock, carefully using his toes to place the sock in his right shoe.
Liu Wei, Armless Pianist, Plays With His Toes, Wows Audience (VIDEO) 2010
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The focus was a tallish Arab millionaire named Osama bin Laden, who had made it his mission in life to hurt the United States, to drive the "infidel" -- that's us -- out of Muslim lands.
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Sitting on a tallish red stool, he removed his shoes and right sock, carefully using his toes to place the sock in his right shoe.
Liu Wei, Armless Pianist, Plays With His Toes, Wows Audience (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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