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trippery, a. colloq.|ˈtrɪpərɪ| [f. tripper n. + -y1.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by the presence of trippers (sense 4); touristy (somewhat derog.).
1924C. Connolly Let. 22 Dec. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 41 Italy is so trippery in Spring. 1926W. J. Locke Old Bridge ii. 18 ‘But let us see all we can to-night.’.. ‘That wouldn't be fair to Florence. It's a bit trippery, isn't it?’ 1928Daily Express 11 Apr. 9/4 Venice,..the Queen of the Adriatic in its most trippery and least attractive garb. 1969M. Pugh Last Place Left xix. 145 Wordsworth had complained of trippery overcrowding in this belt, more than a hundred years before. 1970Nature 4 July 11/1 The trippery appurtenances and atmosphere which have been established in the neighbourhood [of the Niagara Falls]. 1971Country Life 20 May 1234/3 All that is missing are the monkeys: even though Iguazu is very definitely far from trippery, they have taken themselves off. |