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whiskery

whiskery

English

Adjective

whiskery (not comparable)

  1. Having whiskers; bewhiskered.
    • 2005, Martha L Crump, Alan Crump, Headless males make great lovers
      The whiskery batfish (a kind of anglerfish) is covered with outgrowths of skin that resemble bits of seaweed.
  2. (humorous) old
    • 2009, January 14, “Simon Hoggart”, in Simon Hoggart's Sketch: Short-selling sermons as God takes on Mammon:
      I checked it out, and there were some good - if whiskery - stories.