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weazen en · ADJ
Pronunciation
/ˈwiːzən/
Etymology
See wizen.
Meanings
Thin; sharp; withered; wizened.
It was not merely that they were weazen and shrivelled—though they were certainly that too—but they looked absolutely ferocious with discontent. 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
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weazen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/ˈwiːzən/
Etymology
See wizen.
Meanings
An old person.
Marry, come up, say I — what a plague — does an old weazen think that tender lasses are to be bought like pullets o' a market day? 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC: