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whiskered

[ hwis-kerd, wis- ]

adjective

  1. having, wearing, or covered with whiskers.


whiskered

/ ˈɪə /

adjective

  1. having whiskers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·ɳ󾱲İ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of whiskered1

First recorded in 1755–65; whisker + -ed 3
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San Francisco’s Sea Lions: Recently sea lion counters tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge.

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This week, sea lion counters — yes, they exist — tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge.

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Half the crowd seemed to have no more than two degrees of separation from the folk-singing bartender, some donning stick-on mustaches in tribute to Johnson’s whiskered visage.

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Ferry staff whiskered a kitten out of the water near Whidbey Island on Wednesday morning after a game of cat and mouse.

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In a 1943 letter to his son, Tolkien outlined his political opinions as leaning "more and more to Anarchy," but emphasized he meant — "abolition of control, not whiskered men with bombs."

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