Sekirov Dictionary

whiskery

adjective 5
noun 1
forms 3

adjective5

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Having whiskers.
- [T]he old lady is as ugly as any woman in the parish, and as tall and whiskery as a Grenadier. — 1846
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Having protrusions resembling whiskers.
- Smiling, he gave us a salute, turned his horse and rode down the trail, through the high hairy weeds and whiskery flowers thriving among the rocks and faded ruts of the road. — 1962
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Resembling whiskers.
- […] all the white trees, tall like poles, that went up and up to where, right at the top, among whiskery branches, were bits of blue that were the sky. — 1929
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Involving or caused by whiskers.
- He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss. — 1997
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(UK, humorous) Old.
- I checked it out, and there were some good—if whiskery—stories. — 2009

noun1

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(rare) A whiskey distillery.
- […]where the house of God was hidden by whiskeries, wineries, and breweries that were built against it. — 1915

forms

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