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In some senses, fluey is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
all, dusty
VERB + FLUEY
felt, got
FLUEY + NOUN
bug, morning, substance, thing
PREP.
up, with
adj
Downy; fluffy.
A black portmanteau, a black bag, a desk, a dressing-case, a brown-paper parcel, a hat-box, and an umbrella strapped to a walking-stick. It was all very dusty and fluey. I had our porter up to get under the bed and fetch it out; and though he habitually wallows in dust,--swims in it from morning to night, and wears a close-fitting waistcoat with black calimanco sleeves for the purpose,--it made him sneeze again, and his throat was that hot with it that it was obliged to be cooled with a drink of Allsopp's draft.
the latch-key[…]got itself stuffed up with a fluey substance, and the harder I poked it into the keyhole, the harder that obstruction became
adj
Similar to influenza, or as if suffering from influenza.
I felt fluey this morning: all bunged up, achey, dizzy and tired.
You've got a fluey bug thing and Mum's here to help
A black portmanteau, a black bag, a desk, a dressing-case, a brown-paper parcel, a hat-box, and an umbrella strapped to a walking-stick. It was all very dusty and fluey. I had our porter up to get und
Wiktionarythe latch-key[…]got itself stuffed up with a fluey substance, and the harder I poked it into the keyhole, the harder that obstruction became
WiktionaryI felt fluey this morning: all bunged up, achey, dizzy and tired.
WiktionaryYou've got a fluey bug thing and Mum's here to help
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In some senses, fluey is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.