juicey
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juicey
- Rare spelling of juicy.
- 1728, R[ichard] Bradley, “Aloe”, in Dictionarium Botanicum: or, A Botanical Dictionary for the Use of the Curious in Husbandry and Gardening. […], volume I, London: […] T. Woodward […] and J. Peele […], signature C3, recto, column 2:
- They are for the moſt part very juicey and ſucculent; […]
- 1772, [John Shebbeare], A Candid Enquiry into the Merits of Doctor Cadogan’s Dissertation on the Gout. […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], pages 197–198:
- At one time we are to eat juicey meat, ſomething like a Tartar and a tyger, becauſe that makes us healthy and ſtrong; […]
- 1867, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, translated by Edward Sauter, “On the lower Waikato; from Auckland to Taupiri”, in New Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History, with Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson, Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta, page 301:
- The Maoris, on the other hand, had killed the pig and promised us a juicey roast for the evening.
- 1955 September–October, Jim Fox, “The Big Nose”, in Catholic Life, volume 2, number 7, Detroit, Mich.: Missionaries of Saints Peter and Paul, page 30, column 2:
- Some concluded their snack with a hot glass of tea or a juicey piece of yellow watermelon.
- 1956 May 19, Millicent, “Chatterbox”, in The Lindsay Daily Post, 61st year, number 107, Lindsay, Ont., page three, column 2:
- First thing we knew there was a robin with a juicey worm in its mouth going into the rolled fence and it had a nest there.