Meaning of cornflaky | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

““Does anyone want⟳ a lift⟳?” / “Now immediately?” Sunniva, spooning up cornflakes, objected, “I haven’t started breakfast yet.” / “You should get⟳ up earlier,” her father suggested, not for the first time. She put⟳ out her cornflaky tongue and he allowed her, “Perhaps I can hang⟳ on a few more minutes.””

“It may be sticky and faintly cornflaky, but a kind of hard-knuckled, hairy-chested love⟳ DOES grow⟳ up among them, on a hundred plane flights, in the grind⟳ and sweat⟳ of the training camp.”

“At home, breakfast was the best time of the day, while I was working. It was best because it wasn’t cornflaky or eggy or telly-adverty.”

“Zenobia finished her mouthful of cornflakes and put⟳ down her spoon. […] Zenobia made a face⟳ at Dollie May and picked up her spoon again. […] “It was a very NOISY dream⟳,” said Zenobia, in a cornflaky voice.”

“And this is where the dentist gives me more anaesthetic and I notice⟳ his hands smell⟳ a little like⟳ cornflakes – his gloves, they have⟳ this cornflaky scent – which is a detail that makes him seem credible and not simply a nightmare.”

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