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English
Etymology
From tall + -some.
Adjective
tallsome (comparative more tallsome, superlative most tallsome)
- Marked, or characterised by tallness
1931, The Auckland Star:If you were yellow, 'stead of white, / And lived in far Hankow, / Had sat for weeks above the flood / Upon tallsome bough; [...]
2006, Tad Williams, Shadowmarch:The little man stood up on Chert's shoulder and doffed his ratskin hat before making a small bow. “Beetledown the Bowman, I hight, tallsome lady. [...]”
2012, M. Olson, Syzygy:Someone in the present instance (not to make comparison with those tallsome dudes, you understand) so far out of the loop he doesn't even know what the loop is, nor cares to; [...]
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