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dawish en · ADJ

Etymology

From daw + -ish.

Meanings

1. (rare) Resembling a jackdaw.
   • […] a piece of meat to which Mr. Jackdaw had helped himself, and which he was holding firmly down with one foot whilst he pecked away at it after the dawish fashion […] 1862, John George Wood, The illustrated natural history: Volume 2, page 277:
   • An officer! A dawish fool, forsooth, His class——denial of God in man; in truth I've scarce the time for pity,—none for ruth. Go marry then your Soldier! 1873, Walter Rew, “A Hate Strain”, in Maud Vivian: A Drama; and Poems, page 180:

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