big-brotherish en · ADJ
Etymology
From big brother + -ish.
Meanings
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Of or characteristic of older brothers.
The cab-driver had a big-brotherish look on his face now. He smiled at the sailors, gave each a friendly tap on the shoulders, and said: “Well, you guys look like a good pair of Joes. I’ll take you up for seven-fifty apiece. Like I said, t’hell with the company!”
1949, Our Navy, page 4:He had been in love with her since they had been children together in Charleston, but in a mild, big-brotherish fashion.
1931, Polan Banks, The Street of Women, page 11:“Did we get him?” he repeated in a scornful, big-brotherish sort of tone.
1902, Tudor Jenks, Gypsy, the Talking Dog, page 217:
Relateds
big-brotherly · big brother · big-brotherism · big-brotherliness · big brotherism · Big Brother · Big Brotherism · Big Brotherish