nutty

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Begin with a modest roux — butter and flour, cooked together until they smell faintly nutty.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

You probably know it already — you’ve seen oil pumpjacks laboring away in nutty places, like on the La Cienega Boulevard shortcut through Baldwin Hills to the airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Grace dubs his new friend “Rocky,” and their trans-galactically nutty friendship is one of the most endearing relationships between man and thing since Tom Hanks met Wilson the volleyball in “Cast Away.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The sweet and nutty aroma of roasted chestnuts, the surprising softness as you take your first bite.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

“Nutty up, nutty down, nutty good day all around. Bye, Boo,” I whisper to Boo.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko