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primmer

a. (en-comparative of: prim)

WordNet
prim
  1. adj. affectedly dainty or refined [syn: dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee]

  2. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]

  3. [also: primming, primmed, primmest, primmer]

prim
  1. v. assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"

  2. contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"

  3. dress primly [syn: prim up, prim out]

  4. [also: primming, primmed, primmest, primmer]

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Wikipedia
Primmer

Primmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Cyril Primmer (1924–2003), Australian politician
  • Wayne Primmer (born 1959), Australian rules footballer

Usage examples of "primmer".

Beeling was still afraid to let the inexperienced Primmer be his pilot.

There was a great deal of activity around the helicopter and he could distinguish Primmer standing to one side and directing the refueling operations.

Palace was what the Professor in one of his primmer moods would have referred to as a house of ill repute: the biggest, busiest, most red-plush-and-gilt-trim-bedecked whorehouse in Flatlands Portcity.

Professor in one of his primmer moods would have referred to as a house of ill repute: the biggest, busiest, most red-plush-and-gilt-trim-bedecked whorehouse in Flatlands Portcity.

So she took special care to appear even primmer and more unattractive than usual.

And maybe people began to be primmer when they were forgetting his influence.

Boston was rather primmer with just 4,000 illicit watering holes, but that was four times the number of legal saloons in the whole of Massachusetts before Prohibition.

Charlotte Treat, all of nine weeks clean, is trying to look primmer and primmer.