(US, and, UK, dialects) Sticky; smeared with something sticky.
(US, and, UK, dialects) Sticky; smeared with something sticky.
The narrow, dark stairs are gaumy with paste, and everywhere open barrels of the mixture gave out the sickening, sour odor that is always in the nostrils of the workers.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, dialectal, rare) Intelligent, perceptive.