"stainy" meaning in English

See stainy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more stainy [comparative], most stainy [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} stainy (comparative more stainy, superlative most stainy)
  1. (rare) That easily stains Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-stainy-en-adj-6bl-uZVI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "June 21, 2015, Richard Clayton in Financial Times, The Strokes, Hyde Park, London — review\nPossibly in a Fat Elvis-gone-to-art-school phase — hanks of hair dyed splodgy red and stainy yellow — he bawled his lyrics in his characteristic drawl."
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          "ref": "1984, Organization of American States",
          "text": "The cacao and almonds are poured into the hopper, and very soon a stainy, tacky chocolate sauce oozes out of the spout— which has been sprinkled with sugar so that none will stick and be wasted",
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