tartish

The once-conservative shoemaker Ferragamo and its new designer, Cristina Ortiz, took the label tartish-sexy with slinky disco outfits, which might grab attention just as the family-owned company weighs a possible initial public offering of stock.

When Designers Listen to Clients, It Shows 2008

The Santa Rosas are on the smallish side, and even when fully and dropping off the tree they tend to be firm and tartish.

Jayme Lynn Blaschke's Gibberish 2010

The Santa Rosas are on the smallish side, and even when fully and dropping off the tree they tend to be firm and tartish.

Archive 2010-06-01 2010

In fact, Jones' point was that the fashionably tartish dress that girls—and, increasingly, not-so young-women—seem to be going in for is largely a reaction to the above-described double bind that females in our culture find themselves in.

Archive 2006-04-01 Mike L 2006

In fact, Jones' point was that the fashionably tartish dress that girls—and, increasingly, not-so young-women—seem to be going in for is largely a reaction to the above-described double bind that females in our culture find themselves in.

Bullseye quote on today's young women Mike L 2006

For here at once they not only with diversity of objects recreate the sight, but with many of the same do also please the smell, and with most contribute delights to the taste; also they flatter and excite the appetite, especially with the multitudes of oranges and lemons here growing, both sweet and sour, and those that participate of both tastes, and are only pleasantly tartish.

The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main George Alfred Williams 1903

The word may be seen in Johnson's _Dictionary_, with the citation from Bacon, and instead of vaguely calling it "a small black and tartish plum," your botanical readers know it as the _Prunus insititia_.

Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

The red is of a slightly tartish taste, but not unpleasant; the yellow is somewhat less acid, but otherwise similar to the red; the white, however, is most excellent tasted, and possesses a delicious sweetness which causes it to be highly relished.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE 1841

Sagal's success began with her role as the tartish Peg Bundy in the sitcom "Married With Children," which ran from 1987 to 1997.

KansasCity.com: Front Page 2012

When they use it they rinse it with water to which it imparts a sweet and yet tartish taste by no means unpleasant.

Jedediah Smith�s Journal - First Expedition to California 1826