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wimpish
wimpish, a. slang (orig. U.S.). (ˈwɪmpɪʃ) [f. wimp2 + -ish1.] Characteristic of a ‘wimp’; feeble, ineffectual; snivelling. Freq. of persons.1925 S. Lewis Arrowsmith xxvi. 288 They looked like lunching grocers: brisk featureless young men;..wimpish little men with spectacles, men whose collars did no... Oxford English Dictionary
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wimpish
wimpishadj (infml derog 口, 贬) (behaving) like a wimp (表现)懦弱的. 牛津英汉双解词典
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The Slap (novel)
The child, Hugo, has been misbehaving without any intervention by his parents, "the steely-eyed Rosie and the wimpish Gary". wikipedia.org
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Crossword Archives | The Spectator
Feb 22, 2024Across 1 Put up a hammock for son with Heather (5) 4 One lies drunk after attempt to restore equilibrium (9) 9 After seven days, say, shall journalist be wimpish? (4-6) 11 Muse was, The Spectator.
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wimpy
wimpy, a. slang (orig. U.S.). (ˈwɪmpɪ) [f. wimp2 + -y1.] = wimpish a.1967 Current Slang Spring 5, [1964] Wimpy, stupid or sluggish. 1969 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. li. 16 Wimpy, spineless. 1977 D. Linzee Discretion (1981) i. 16 ‘It is exquisite.’ ‘I think it's kind of a wimpy little picture, personally.... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Butler's Dilemma
Wimpish Rodney Playfair (Hearne) is persuaded, by a promise to erase his gambling debts, to impersonate an old manservant named Chapman (also played by wikipedia.org
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wimp
▪ I. wimp1 slang. (wɪmp) [Origin uncertain; perh. an abbreviated corruption of women.] A woman or girl. ‘Wimp was also used as a verb at Oxford c. 1917, e.g. to go wimping’ (M. Marples, University Slang (1950), p. 98).1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 338 Wimp, femme, fille, donzelle. 1937 Partridge Dict. Sl... Oxford English Dictionary
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Stars and Bars (novel)
In fact, the reader is forced to ask why on earth Henderson, wimpish though he is, does not get out when he can... wikipedia.org
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Neat and Tidy: Adventures Beyond Belief
Series overview Wimpish hero, Nick Neat (Skyler Cole) is a motor mechanic riding around the world on a Harley Davidson motorcycle on the run for a murder wikipedia.org
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The Bones of Zora
Regarding the characters, he calls "Reith's wimpish attitude toward Alicia ... believable if infuriating; the rest of the cast, plot, and background are wikipedia.org
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tosspot
tosspot (ˈtɒspɒt, -ɔː-) [f. phr. to toss a pot, toss v. 10 b.] One accustomed to toss off his pot of drink; a heavy drinker; a toper, drunkard.1568 U. Fulwell Like Will to Like D j b, I wil pledge Tom tospot, til I be as drunk as a mouse a. 1577 tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 153 Come not in compani... Oxford English Dictionary
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No Party for Cao Dong
Starting from September that year, tickets to their performances at various small venues would often sell out quickly; subsequently their single "Wimpish wikipedia.org
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Habeas Corpus (play)
Wicksteed is 53, has an eye for the ladies and lacks ambition; his wife, Muriel, is a more assertive figure; their son, Dennis, is a wimpish hypochondriac wikipedia.org
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The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)
During Series 2, she is fairly wimpish in character, and is very easily reduced to tears by fear, pain or pressure. wikipedia.org
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Bert Diaries
states that liking her is not without social risk (something Bert is always very keenly aware of), since most guys in his class consider her being a wimpish wikipedia.org
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