See Also: pretty(1)(dictionary)
pretty(2)(dictionary)
pretty-pretty(dictionary)
pretty(dictionary)
pretty 1, adverb(dictionary)
pretty 2, adjective(dictionary)
Pretty Posies(recipes)
Pretty Poinsettia Cake(recipes)
Pretty-in-Pink Peppermint Cupcakes(recipes)

spillikin (iou) and pretty-pretty (iou)


spillikin (iou)



spillikin noun. . M18.
[from SPILL noun1 + -KIN.]
a. In pl. (treated as sing.). A game played with a heap of slips or small rods of wood, bone, etc., the object being to remove each one without disturbing the rest; jackstraws. M18.
b. A rod or slip used in this game. L19.
fig. A splinter, a fragment. Usu. in pl. M19.

pretty-pretty (iou)



pretty-pretty adjective, adverb, & noun. L19.
[Redupl. of PRETTY adjective & noun.]
A. adjective. Excessively or affectedly pretty; in which the aim at prettiness is overdone. L19.
I. Murdoch He sometimes did pretty-pretty representations of flowers or animals, of which he felt..mildly ashamed.
b. adverb. In a pretty-pretty manner. L19.
C. noun.
In pl. Pretty things; ornaments, knick-knacks. L19.
the pretty-pretty, that which is pretty-pretty. E20.
pretty-'prettiness noun E20.