"chromey" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more chromey [comparative], most chromey [superlative]
Etymology: From chrome + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chrome|y}} chrome + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} chromey (comparative more chromey, superlative most chromey)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of chrome.
    Sense id: en-chromey-en-adj-lbvlTnWA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

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          "ref": "1977, Albert Ramsdell Gurney, Jr., Entertaining Strangers, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 110",
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          "ref": "1984, Richard Langworth, “Introduction and acknowledgements”, in The Mustangs, 1964-1973: A Collector’s Guide, Motor Racing Publications Ltd, published 1988, page 6",
          "text": "Toward the late ’Fifties we began to appreciate and snap up the few remaining Grand Classics: Duesenbergs, Stutzes, Marmons and multi-cylindered Cadillacs/Packards/Lincolns, and in the early ’Seventies the objects that moved us were duotoned and chromey, expressions of that period of unbridled optimism colloquially known as the Fabulous ’Fifties.",
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          "ref": "1997, David Bry, “Scarface, ‘The Untouchable’”, in Vibe, page 154",
          "text": "Although a chromey sheen of overproduction mars “Smile”—a posthumous Tupac duet—Scarface delivers a genuinely moving requiem for his departed friend.",
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          "ref": "2015 August, Classic Bike Guide, number 292, page 105",
          "text": "The second is to find the points, usually hidden behind a chromey cover, retained by three, or more commonly two, screws.",
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          "ref": "2018 January 10, Graham Hope, “Ford Edge”, in Auto Express, number 1,506, page 54",
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