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waxy

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adj/ˈwæksi/
  1. 1

    Resembling wax in texture or appearance.

    • There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.
  2. 2

    Low in starch; tending to remain firm when cooked.

    • As we all know, there are great differences among potatoes; some are waxy, others floury; and these, again, vary according to the manner and degree of cooking.
noun/ˈwæksi/
  1. 1

    A cobbler (shoe repairer).UKobsoleteslang

adj/ˈwæksi/
  1. 1

    Angry.colloquialregional

    • 'I do hope you won't be waxy,' he said;
    • A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.

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