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Meanings of whiskery in English

Having hair on the cheeks and chin.

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        Examples for "bearded"
        Examples for "bearded"
        1
        The face is broad and scantily bearded; the skull wide and high.
        Critiques and Addresses
        2
        In recent years, fishermen and researchers noticed more bearded gobies than before.
        Wired
        3
        So we have eighteen years left, says the long-bearded one over there.
        Roma eterna
        4
        My trial of bearded iris are part of this exciting new chapter.
        The Guardian
        5
        The bearded man ran swiftly across the broad plaza and the sidewalk.
        The Rover Boys in New York; Or, Saving Their Father's Honor
        1
        Then the whiskered and spectacled face fitted itself again into the aperture.
        The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
        2
        At a desk in the office we observe a lowsized, whiskered man.
        Alvira: The Heroine of Vesuvius
        3
        A scantly-whiskered young man, in clerical attire, called at the door below.
        Life's Little Ironies / A set of tales with some colloquial sket...
        4
        Green-tinged night-vision cameras somehow followed the whiskered, bucktoothed things through the tunnels.
        The devil's alphabet
        5
        One of them turned a ruddy, tow-whiskered face to Andrews, and said:
        Three Soldiers
        1
        The little bewhiskered man was rubbing his wrinkled hands in apparent satisfaction.
        The Motor Girls on a Tour
        2
        Shmoos were plump white bewhiskered creatures who first appeared 15 years ago.
        The new yorker
        3
        Let's go powder our noses while these bewhiskered gentlemen reap their beards.
        The Skylark of Space
        4
        At once the door was opened and a big, bewhiskered man looked out.
        Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays; Or, Rescuing the Runaways
        5
        He was a big, bewhiskered man, with a jolly laugh and amiable manner.
        Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box
        1
        Alcala de los Gazules (8877), on the river Barbate, in the province of Cadiz, has a thriving trade in cork and agricultural produce.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        Usage of whiskery in English
        1
        He stretches out and puts his whiskery muzzle on his outstretched paws.
        Once there was a war
        2
        Can you imagine a world full of these little furry, whiskery proto-mammals?
        The Guardian
        3
        At the same time, I thought: You look a bit whiskery.
        The Sense of an Ending
        4
        I thought: You don't look so wild and whiskery after all.
        The Sense of an Ending
        5
        Instantly, Sugar softens her posture, loosens her arms, and strokes his whiskery cheek.
        The crimson petal and the white
        6
        Hoddan astonishedly regarded his whiskery countenance, contorted with grief and dampened with tears.
        The Pirates of Ersatz
        7
        At a corner table two whiskery ranch hands were playing checkers.
        In Cold Blood
        8
        She stroked the dog's silky ears and her woofily, whiskery chin.
        Bake sale murder
        9
        The seal was balancing a stack of chairs on his whiskery leather nose.
        Another life
        10
        She bent down so that her ear was close to his whiskery mouth.
        The city of ember: book 1
        11
        Some of it missed, splashing the gray lips and running down the whiskery cheeks.
        Savage
        12
        He didn't seem amused, but rubbed his whiskery cheek.
        Savage
        13
        Are the wild whiskery men up there in Germania?
        Roma eterna
        14
        Off came the cap as he towelled down his whiskery face, his hand still trembling.
        The Guardian
        15
        Heads and fillet remains are conveniently disposed of by the shop through the whiskery maw.
        The Irish Times
        16
        Ye salty, whiskery gods and ye shiny-eyed little fishes!
        The Last Shot
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