# whiskery
## English
### Pronunciation

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### Etymology 1

From whisker +‎ -y.

#### Adjective

whiskery (comparative more whiskery, superlative most whiskery)
* Having whiskers.
** 1846 February 28 – 1847 February 27, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “Snobs and Marriage”, in The Book of Snobs, London: Punch Office, […], published 1848, →OCLC, pages 129-130:[T]he old lady is as ugly as any woman in the parish, and as tall and whiskery as a Grenadier.
** 1902 October, Jack London, chapter XX, in A Daughter of the Snows, Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 209:"Don't you my-dear me," she sniffed. "I don't like you." / "Why?" / "Cos …" She ladled the punch carefully into the mugs and meditated. "Cos you chew tobacco. Cos you're whiskery. Wot I take to is smooth-faced young chaps."
** 1966, Truman Capote, “Chapter 2”, in In Cold Blood‎, New York: Modern Library, published 1992, page 179:At a corner table two whiskery ranch hands were playing checkers.
** 2008, Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture‎, London: Faber & Faber, Part One, Chapter Eight, page 81:I looked at Dr Grene and tried to imagine him altered by the moon, more whiskery, a werewolf possibly.
* Having protrusions resembling whiskers.
** 1962, Edward Abbey, “Chapter 2”, in Fire on the Mountain‎, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, published 1978, page 73:Smiling, he gave us a salute, turned his horse and rode down the trail, through the high hairy weeds and whiskery flowers thriving among the rocks and faded ruts of the road.
** 2005, Martha L Crump, Alan Crump, Headless males make great lovers:The whiskery batfish (a kind of anglerfish) is covered with outgrowths of skin that resemble bits of seaweed.
* Resembling whiskers.
** 1929, Henry Handel Richardson, Ultima Thule‎, New York: Norton, Part One, Chapter 7, page 72:[…] all the white trees, tall like poles, that went up and up to where, right at the top, among whiskery branches, were bits of blue that were the sky.
** 1981, Wendy Simons, chapter 20, in Odd Woman Out‎, New York: St. Martin’s Press, page 184:He nodded his head toward an ancient armchair spewing out its whiskery stuffing.
** 2017 April 3, Stephanie Zacharek, “In Life, the blob from Mars is small and very scary”, in Time:At first, all he sees is a harmless-looking blob, a microscopic single-cell organism sporting a couple of whiskery flagella.
* Involving or caused by whiskers.
** 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter 1, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.
** 2002, Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex, New York: Picador, Book Three, “Flesh and Blood,” p. 373,
    Despite my lightheadedness, I could feel everything. The shocking wetness of his mouth. The whiskery feel of his lips. His barging tongue.
* (UK, humorous) Old.
** 2001, Peter Mayle, “The Inner Frenchman”, in French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew‎, New York: Knopf, page 8:It is, of course, the most whiskery old cliché, but clichés usually have their basis in fact, and this one certainly does: Historically, the French have paid extraordinary—some would say excessive—attention to what they eat and how they eat it.
** 2009 January 14, Simon Hoggart, “Simon Hoggart’s Sketch: Short-selling sermons as God takes on Mammon”, in The Guardian‎:I checked it out, and there were some good—if whiskery—stories.

##### Synonyms

* (having whiskers): bewhiskered, whiskered

### Etymology 2

From whiskey/whisky +‎ -ery.

#### Noun

whiskery (plural whiskeries)
* (rare) A whiskey distillery.
** 1915 June 10, Parliamentary Debates, published 1917, page 3925:[…] where the house of God was hidden by whiskeries, wineries, and breweries that were built against it.
** 1968, Bob Davis, The Dingle War, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., page 1:Even today, Devin’s story is told and retold in the local whiskeries and his critics secretly wish he would come swaggering back with another bombastic plan to enhance their wealth.
** 1976 November 11, Daily News, volume 58, number 119, New York, N.Y., page 4:Long synonomous with top-drawer talent, first-rate eateries, top-shelf whiskeries, Our Town has worn the crunchy fruit like a medal.
** 2008, V!VA Travel Guides Colombia, Viva Publishing Network, →ISBN, page 193:Honda still has the reputation of being overrun by whiskeries and brothels.