Meaning of chromey | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of chrome.

Examples

“As I drove away, I could see in my rearview mirror that he hardly had to wait a minute: a chromey old convertible, loaded with tumultuous blacks, stopped and engulfed him.”

“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.”

“Although a chromey sheen of overproduction mars “Smile”—a posthumous Tupac duet—Scarface delivers a genuinely moving requiem for his departed friend.”

“The second is to find the points, usually hidden behind a chromey cover, retained by three, or more commonly two, screws.”

“There’s a chromey brashness about it that those of us who prefer to fly under the radar find a tad unappealing.”

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