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ruddy

/ˈɹʌdi/ sustantivo C2

En español: pato tepalcate, tortolita rojiza

  1. A ruddy duck. (informal)
  2. A ruddy ground dove. (informal)

Plural ruddies

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When young Rockwall entered the library the old man laid aside his newspaper, looked at him with a kindly grimness on his big, smooth, ruddy countenance, rumpled his mop of white hair with one hand and rattled the keys in his pocket with the other.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 8 · C1
Rachel came, wandering at her own sweet will through the lush, tremulous grasses splashed with ruddy evening sunshine; so that good lady had an excellent chance to talk her illness fully over, describing every ache and pulse beat with such evident enjoyment that Marilla thought even grippe must bring its compensations.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 63 · C1
His age may have been nearer forty than thirty, but his cheeks were so ruddy and his eyes so merry that he still conveyed the impression of a plump and mischievous boy.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 59 · B2
White Mason was a quiet, comfortable-looking person in a loose tweed suit, with a clean-shaved, ruddy face, a stoutish body, and powerful bandy legs adorned with gaiters, looking like a small farmer, a retired gamekeeper, or anything upon earth except a very favourable specimen of the provincial criminal officer.
The Valley of Fear, p. 33 · C1

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