downy

downy
adjective (soft, like feathers: the baby's downy hair.) puhast
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I [dáuni]
adjective
gričast, sipinast
II [dáuni]
adjective (downily adverb)
puhast; slang zvit, premeten, prebrisan
a downy old bird — zvitorepec, premetenec, lisjak
III [dáuni]
noun
slang postelja
to do the downy — spati

English-Slovenian dictionary. 2013.

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