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• a  of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
• s  forming viscous or glutinous threads
• s  (British informal) very poor in quality
  ropey food
  a ropey performance

• But what if you're too busy to rifle through rails of ropey rags in search of that perfect Pucci dress? You could either resign yourself to wearing contemporary clothing, or .
• When sailors sew they need a stitchThat's strong as any ropey hitch.
• With him floated the ropey smell of cheap twist and stale beer.

• ropy
• stringy
• thready

News & Articles

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• Trendy Liposuction Procedures Can Leave Patients with Lump, Bumps and Lines Says Dr. Mark Mitchell Jones
  Dr. Mark Mitchell Jones of Atlanta Plastic Surgery Specialists discusses how the trendiest new laser lipo procedures can and do go wrong and unsuspecting patients often have the lumps, bumps and ropey lines to prove it. (PRWeb June 18, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10843251.htm
  June 18, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Cronin in Independent Online
  We've really got to roll back the death rate on our roads,said Cronin. "We have among the highest road fatality cases in the world. And even our own statistics are ropey, because we tend to measure road fatalities in terms of people who...
• Jamie Langfield in Aberdeen Press and Journal
  Langfield said: "We were ropey at home early this season, but it was never the case we were not enjoying playing at Pittodrie. We never got the breaks, but they are perhaps falling for us now." "We knew things would turn for us and we want to...
• Stephen Dodd in ic Wales
  I played nicely towards the end so it was a good way to finish it,said Dodd. "It is a satisfying day because we had a bit of a ropey three or four holes at the start of the back nine. It was a good way to cap the day."