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gendarmish en · ADJ

Etymology

From gendarme + -ish

Meanings

1. Characteristic of a gendarme or police officer.
   • But Pat Bramble, the small and dainty Pat, snatched herself loose from her policeman, lowered her head, and rammed him agonizingly in the gendarmish belly. 1933, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 12, in Ann Vickers, page 144:
   • a cop in civilian clothes who blinked with a soft drizzling sound, the only sign of life on his mummy’s face, pale lips, long nose, high cheekbones, big ears, and fangs gilded with gendarmish decorations, the same as his hands, which were covered with rings, 1973, Miguel Asturias, chapter 30, in Gregory Rabassa, transl., The Eyes of the Interred, page 484:

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