Pasty vs Peaky - What's the difference?
pasty | peaky |
Like paste, sticky.
pale, lacking colour, having a pallor
(slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) white-skinned
A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.
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, passage=One of the experienced dancers dabbed a bit of rubber cement inside a silver-sequinned pasty and told Betty to place it over her nipple}}
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, isbn=9780984118229
, page=164
, passage="What's a pasty'?" ¶ "That's what strippers and showgirls used to wear to cover their nipples in teh old, tamer days of yore. They were round paper disks with spangles on one side and paste on the other; hence the term ' pasty ."}}
A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape. A (savory) hand pie.
As adjectives the difference between pasty and peaky
is that pasty is like paste, sticky while peaky is sickly; peaked.As a noun pasty
is a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers or pasty can be a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape a (savory) hand pie.pasty
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(er)- These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well, they are very pasty .
- He is pasty -faced.
- (figuratively) He was feeling pasty .
- Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty .
Synonyms
* (pale) pale, pallidNoun
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citation, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?ei=nGxQTJPvCOb8sQbdkKivAQ&ct=result&id=Hb_yAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22pasty%22+stripper+bosom, breast, nipple, exotic+-cornish&q=%22pasty%22
citation, passage=There really is no other purpose for wearing a pasty than to avoid being arrested for indecency. }}
citation, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=FLK2cwcv_JMC&pg=PA164&dq=pasty+stripper+bosom, breast, nipple, exotic+-cornish&ei=kGtQTP_LO4KezASv4ImgDQ&cd=4
Etymology 2
From (etyl) paste and (etyl) .Alternative forms
* pastieNoun
(pasties)Usage notes
The spelling pasty'' is considered correct in the United Kingdom but in Australia the spelling ''pastie is the more common.Derived terms
* Cornish pasty * nasty pasty * party pastySee also
* meat pie * sausage roll *BBC: Who, What, Why: What exactly is a Cornish pasty?