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Meanings of gamy in English

Suggestive of sexual impropriety.

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Willing to face danger.

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(Used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted.

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Usage of gamy in English
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Did you notice how gamy he was, little brother; how he played?
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
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The gamy flavour of meats is nothing more than incipient decomposition.
The Story of Germ Life
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When the bait begins to give off a gamy scent, the mothers come.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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His stomach closed up against the gamy beef, but he crammed it in.
Commuters: a novel
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Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh!
Moby Dick
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Just the right gamy flavor without being too sharp, and moist but not greasy.
Act of will
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Juices flooded over his tongue; they were sweet and gamy, a taste of wildness.
The Wolf’s Hour
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The trout are fat and gamy even in winter.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
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Though I'm told the meat isn't gamy, like duck.
Private life
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To tell the honest truth, I don't recollect ever having seen the gamy-looking bird before.
In Camp on the Big Sunflower
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It still stung my tongue a little, strong and gamy, but also juicy and delicious.
Enclave
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Josh swallowed thickly, but he was no stranger to the gamy taste of rat meat.
Swan Song
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Warm that spring, gamy: the rivers were stinking.
Iron Council
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At times the work became even exciting, as a larger and more gamy fish took hold.
The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point; Or, The Golden Cup Mystery
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The flavor of the Prime leg was also less gamy and richer, almost like roast beef.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
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When the bait begins to give off a gamy scent, the mothers come, singly or in numbers.
The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
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