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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...
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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".
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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....
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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
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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...
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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...
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Neat and Tidy: Adventures Beyond Belief
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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