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fruitcakey
adj 2
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2ADJ.
intense, rich, ripe
FRUITCAKEY + NOUN
brew, s
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adj
1
Resembling or characteristic of fruitcake.
Sweet oak is mixed in with a sympathetic hand, and the palate follows with plenty of ripe fruitcakey flavour that’s smooth and the ripe tannins are reasonably easy on the gums.
Russian or Imperial stout, originally brewed in London in the 18th century, is a rich, intense, fruitcakey brew.
2
Crazy or eccentric.
The reason there was never a Jerry Lee Lewis–type scandal, the columnist suggested, was that Jerry Lee and Elvis were “very different people. Jerry Lee Lewis always had a public persona of being a very wild, crazy, nutty, fruitcakey kind of guy.[…]”
He might not have been as fruitcakey as me and imagined seeing fairies, but after the whole Rachel scare, he’d looked sort of spaced.
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Sweet oak is mixed in with a sympathetic hand, and the palate follows with plenty of ripe fruitcakey flavour that’s smooth and the ripe tannins are reasonably easy on the gums.
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Russian or Imperial stout, originally brewed in London in the 18th century, is a rich, intense, fruitcakey brew.
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Even in the most basic St.-Émilions the ripe, spicy-juiciness of the Merlot grape should be supported by the firmness and finesse of the Cabernet Franc. The great châteaux achieve this superbly: they
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