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liquorish

American  
[lik-er-ish] / ˈlɪk ər ɪʃ /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. a variant of lickerish.


liquorish British  
/ ˈlɪkərɪʃ /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of lickerish

  2. a variant of liquorice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The noxious sweetness of many liquorish pumpkin offerings proves them to be agents of regression.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2014

In Nova Scotia, Premier Edgar Nelson Rhodes posed two liquorish problems: No. 1: Are you in favor of the retention of the Nova Scotia Temperance Act?

From Time Magazine Archive

In flat and fertile Ontario and along the fish-flanked coast of Nova Scotia, voters were confronted with liquorish problems last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

His cheeks were beginning to fall into chaps, his full lips had a liquorish look about them, and bags were beginning to form under his light blue eyes.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes

Are its gaieties mere41 febrile imaginings of liquorish dreamers?

From Europe After 8:15 by Thomas H. Benton

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