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PEELED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peeled mean? 

PEELED (adjective)
  The adjective PEELED has 1 sense:

1. (used informally) completely unclothedplay

  Familiarity information: PEELED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEELED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(used informally) completely unclothed

Synonyms:

bare-ass; bare-assed; in the altogether; in the buff; in the raw; naked as a jaybird; peeled; raw; stark naked

Similar:

unclothed (not wearing clothing)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


 Context examples 


I mistered him and sirred him no longer, washed no more greasy pots, and peeled no more potatoes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The man’s face peeled off under the sponge like the bark from a tree.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes, with a laugh, passed his hand behind the child’s ear, a mask peeled off from her countenance, and there was a little coal black negress, with all her white teeth flashing in amusement at our amazed faces.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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