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Meanings of bristly in inglés

Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

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Very irritable.

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Usage of bristly in inglés
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The bristly ridge of its chine showed black against the red west.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
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His long arms almost strangled me; his bristly mustache scratched my cheek.
Jezebel's Daughter
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They were still comically stiff-legged and bristly as they aloofly sniffed noses.
Michael, Brother of Jerry
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His pocked cheeks and bristly dome would enhance his gaunt, sinister mien.
The last page
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Lou's thin face reddened up to the roots of his bristly hair.
O Pioneers!
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Then I notice bristly hairs on my fingers that weren't there before.
Allegiant
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Gilhaelith strode out, the mustard-coloured, mustard-stained robes flapping about his bristly shanks.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
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Clean-shaven, he had bristly dark hair that lay close to his scalp.
The charlemagne pursuit
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He reached out and ran one hand across its bristly surface.
Blue noon
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Some found him too bristly but I liked him, Surratt said.
Serena
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Cayrol was confused; he twisted his bristly beard with his fingers.
Serge Panine — Volume 01
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He put the envelope to his bristly lips and kissed it.
Despair's Last Journey
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Watching her, Tristan's father ran his hand over his bristly jaw.
Seduced by a highlander
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They were all legs and teeth and bristly fur, the meat almost inedible.
Space Prison
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Whereas the tapir has a hog-like skin, the ant-bear has long, bristly hairs.
Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wa...
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Allie collected ash in her long eyelashes and eyebrows and short, bristly hair.
The Fireman
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