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seediness - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun colloq. The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun seedy (unkempt).noun seedy (full of seeds).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
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seedy + -ness .
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It was set up to provide swinging parties without the usual "seediness " traditionally associated with the scene, and guests arrive in masks.
unknown title 2009
It was set up to provide swinging parties without the usual "seediness " traditionally associated with the scene, and guests arrive in masks.
unknown title 2009
It was set up to provide swinging parties without the usual "seediness " traditionally associated with the scene, and guests arrive in masks.
unknown title 2009
The hard, abrasive industrial sound fit perfectly with the dark seediness of Berlin clubs at the time.
The Berlin Night Life: Dark...and Cool Christopher Lawton 2011
The hard, abrasive industrial sound fit perfectly with the dark seediness of Berlin clubs at the time.
The Berlin Night Life: Dark...and Cool Christopher Lawton 2011
There are two ways to tackle the city: dig for the vintage gems among the seediness or embrace the gambling cheesiness and join a bachelorette party.
Jeralyn Gerba: Where to Go From Here: Labor Day Ideas for NYC Jeralyn Gerba 2011
There are two ways to tackle the city: dig for the vintage gems among the seediness or embrace the gambling cheesiness and join a bachelorette party.
Jeralyn Gerba: Where to Go From Here: Labor Day Ideas for NYC Jeralyn Gerba 2011
Walking down Peckham high street, I still feel there is a powerful seediness Eritrea circa 1982 and no redeeming features, but a strange thing happens if you turn down a side street that looks like a side street you shouldn't turn down – suddenly there is organic pizza and … the Review bookshop.
My favourite independent bookshop: Review, London 2011
There are two ways to tackle the city: dig for the vintage gems among the seediness or embrace the gambling cheesiness and join a bachelorette party.
Jeralyn Gerba: Where to Go From Here: Labor Day Ideas for NYC Jeralyn Gerba 2011
There's lots of room for all these figures, and for Sticklin's movements, on designer George Lucas's simple set: a bar counter flanked by tall wooden stools, set against a backdrop of graffiti-scrawled black fabric that aptly evokes the seediness of the story's East Belfast.
Theater review: Keegan Theatre's world premiere of 'Basra Boy' 2011
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