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Pasty

noun
(pl. pasties)
1.
Small meat pie or turnover.
2.
(usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers.
adjective
1.
Resembling paste in color; pallid.  Synonym: pastelike.  "A complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white"
2.
Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.  Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous.



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"Pasty" Quotes from Famous Books



... of powder was lost, and the guns too; so the growling and complaining continued straight along whilst the brigade pawed around the pasty hillside and slopped around in the brook hunting for these things; consequently we lost considerable time at this; and then we heard a sound, and held our breath and listened, and it seemed to be the enemy coming, though it could have ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... word. He permitted Sam to jerk loose and back into a corner, and he watched the swift crimsoning of his ears with a keen interest. Since Sam's face had the pasty pallor of the badly scared, the ears appeared much redder by contrast than they really were. Next, Ford turned his attention to the man beside him, who happened to be Bill. For one long minute the grim spirit of war hovered just ...
— The Uphill Climb • B. M. Bower
... picked up the bulky volume and began turning the thick cardboard pages. His hands trembled; his face was queerly pasty. ...
— Old Mr. Wiley • Fanny Greye La Spina
... Now rub your face with a piece of cheesecloth until all the superfluous cold cream has disappeared. If the face shines too much, you have not removed enough of the cream. The surface should give the appearance of being well oiled, but not have a sticky, pasty or greasy surface. ...
— The Art of Stage Dancing - The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession • Ned Wayburn
... living and his longings after a hermit's cell was an edifying spectacle. So was the evident pride which he took in his domain, the complacence with which he pointed out the shady, well-stocked garden, and the delight with which he produced and set upon the table a huge pasty and ...
— To Have and To Hold • Mary Johnston


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