List of synonyms from "pat oneself the back" to synonyms from "paternal"
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Definition of the day : « patchy »
- adj spotty, not consistent
- He played where the wickets were all patchy, and you had to watch the ball right on to the bat.
- Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Debate, on the whole, patchy, with hopeless air of unreality about it.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 December 23rd, 1893 » by Various
- Patchy had lately been reading the story of Joseph and his brethren.
- Extract from : « The Riverpark Rebellion » by Homer Greene
- The Dutch samplers might, as a rule, be described as patchy.
- Extract from : « Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries » by Marcus Bourne Huish
- The result is patchy, and the removal of evils partial and unsystematic.
- Extract from : « Boy Labour and Apprenticeship » by Reginald Arthur Bray
- They were aged and patchy, and they filled the bill in other ways.
- Extract from : « The Ship Dwellers » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- She grew pale—a patchy pallor, which meant that her nerves were out of order.
- Extract from : « The Lair of the White Worm » by Bram Stoker
- I have to dodge about with netting and scarecrows to keep what we do get; for I hate a patchy row, I do.
- Extract from : « Woodside » by Caroline Hadley
- He's a kind of half-breed, and the colour's come off patchy instead of mixing.
- Extract from : « The Invisible Man » by H. G. Wells
- These clouds extend in long horizontal streaks, thinning away at their base, and in parts becoming wavy or patchy.
- Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous