Definition of "turfy"
turfy
adjective
comparative turfier, superlative turfiest
Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf.
Quotations
(obsolete) Relating to or involved with horses or horse-racing.
Quotations
Good and fearless horse-women themselves, their whole delight seemed to be in the discussion of matters pertaining to the stable; and when meeting any young lady friend from a distance, the first questions were not enquiries after parents, sisters, brothers, or friends: no, nor even the lady-beloved talk of weddings and dress; but the discourse almost invariably took a “turfy” turn, that was, to say the least, unfeminine in the extreme.
1852, Louisa Anne Meredith, chapter 11, in My Home in Tasmania, volume 2, London: John Murray, pages 154–155
Made up with curls, wreaths, wings, white bismuth, and carmine, this hopeful young person soared into so pleasing a Cupid as to constitute the chief delight of the maternal part of the spectators; but, in private, where his characteristics were a precocious cutaway coat and an extremely gruff voice, he became of the Turf, turfy.
1854, Charles Dickens, chapter 6, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], book the first (Sowing), page 36