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Meanings of dowdy in английском
каталонский
hugh dowding испанский
hugh dowding British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
Synonyms
Examples for "pandowdy"
Examples for "pandowdy"
1
He never swam beside turtles or pulled an ox or ate apple pandowdy.
2
Nag and Nagini raced across the sands somewhere; mighty Pandowdy lolled in his swamp.
3
Mercifully, Pandowdy itself was underwater, sleeping, and I was able to pick my way past it.
4
Pandowdy was a monster in his own right.
5
There was smoke in the distance; I ran until I reached the edge of Pandowdy's swamp.
Usage of dowdy in английском
1
She hadn't yet introduced her guest: a dowdy dishwater-blonde with bad posture.
2
They do not dress well; they look altogether somewhat dowdy and commonplace.
3
They live in a dowdy tenement, and are as poor as crows.
4
The dowdy little woman answered her indifferently, staring at her a little.
5
The tiny Twizy is a faster, sportier interpretation of the dowdy NEV.
6
The quiet accountant and his dowdy friend were not very likely co-conspirators.
7
For a moment, the dowdy woman had the face of an angel.
8
It is the shabby, dowdy woman who is in the wrong.
9
The market in Bishkek is a mayhem of spices, meat and dowdy attire.
10
The dowdy woman in charge remembered a young woman such as he described.
11
We had her wear a dowdy wig to look as plain as possible.
12
She felt plain and dowdy beside them, and her spirits suffered in consequence.
13
Yet his preference was still a dowdy, split-level ranch in Fairfax County, Virginia.
14
And next to Emanuelle, she was beginning to feel positively dowdy.
15
Woman does herself an injustice by being dowdy, careless or commonplace in dress.
16
She dressed dowdy, determined not to outshine Katrin, whose looks had declined alarmingly.
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Dowdy through the time
Dowdy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common