plushy

plushy
adjective /ˈplʌʃi/
a) Like plush; soft and shaggy.

one saw and felt a vanished Broadway, plains covered with cattle and cowboys, jungles and native villages, and a great shining city of hansom-cabs, political intrigue and plushy champagne-suppers, as if one were walking through them oneself in the company of a superb raconteur and inspired liar.

b) Plush; sumptuous.

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  • plushy — adjective (plushier; est) Date: 1611 1. having the texture of or covered with plush 2. luxurious, showy • plushiness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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