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- noun The quality of being
tarty .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If you take the tartiness of Grease, the tailoring of Mary Poppins and the remaking ethos from The Sound of Music, that's sort of what my wardrobe looks like.
How to dress your age Alice Fisher 2010
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She listened, patiently, as her older sister and her grandmother and her aunt disparaged the tarty plastic toy and its tarty clothes and its general tartiness and then said, serenely, I like her.
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I may be a tart Anon but I am not allowed to express my tartiness.
1945 Thursday July 5th Polling Day Newmania 2007
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She listened, patiently, as her older sister and her grandmother and her aunt disparaged the tarty plastic toy and its tarty clothes and its general tartiness and then said, serenely, I like her.
Archive 2007-05-06 2007
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She listened, patiently, as her older sister and her grandmother and her aunt disparaged the tarty plastic toy and its tarty clothes and its general tartiness and then said, serenely, I like her.
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The dress might be fitted, but it was also elegant, without any hint of tartiness or flamboyance.
The Christmas Bride Jordan, Penny 2006
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The all-pervading tartiness of recent years has not only worn thin but no longer achieves its primary goal, i.e., to look sexy.
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Then I came upon the Xhilaration Collection: faux-python pants ($16.99) – perfect for girls on a budget who want a bit of Posh Spice tartiness.
I Visit the Target in Queens and the Gophers Are Groovy 2000
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