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plural smoothies
A smooth-talking person. quotations examples
True to their reputations, Paul was a smoothie who put a public relations gloss on everything he said, and John was abrasive and sarcastic, speaking his mind and letting the chips fall where they may.
2003, Michael Lydon, Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution, 1964-1974, page 7
A drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice. quotations examples
Sometimes he brings her smoothies from his favourite place on Judd Street. He has a weakness for these glutinous confections that are supposed to extend his life.
2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 10
(figurative) A blending of different things, a mishmash quotations examples
He shook his head and cleared the pentup anger and sadness that mixed his mind into a smoothie of emotions he bottled up inside, then scolded himself for allowing the outburst.
2014, J. Steven Young, Blue Screen of Death, Speedy Publishing LLC
A member of the mod subculture who is relatively non-violent and wears expensive clothing. quotations examples
The decision to cool myself made the next two years the hardest I had done because it meant being a smoothie and staying out of trouble, which in prison is difficult, […]
1987, John Irwin (quoting Piri Thomas), The Felon
Film Comment's David Chute described him as: "small, stringy and intense, but he's better dressed and groomed (than Ferrara), less of a punk and more of a smoothie."
1999, Nick Johnstone, Abel Ferrara: The King of New York, page viii
[…] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers […]
2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged