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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 unclothed
Familiarity information: PEELED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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