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blowsy
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synonyms: rubicund, frowsy ???
► definition
Definition:1. having a ruddy complexion2. unkempt; slovenly3. unsophisticated; not refined
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Uses:
Why must she be scampering about the country, because her sister had a cold? Her hair, so untidy, so blowsy!
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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she was hot with climbing, and her calm face was flushed. A town-bred girl would have looked red and blowsy; but the color and the exertion just suited Herminia.
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