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whiskerage en · NOUN

Etymology

From whisker + -age.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Whiskers.
    • Terrific Drawcansir figures, of enormous whiskerage, unlimited command of gunpowder; […] 1869, Thomas Carlyle, Friedrich till his accession, page 5:
    • The first thing needful is to look the facts squarely in the face; and this is singularly appropriate in the discussion of whiskerage. 1907, Harper's Weekly, volume 52, page 28: