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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 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

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

And wouldst thou seek again to trap me here With liquorish baits, fit to ensnare a brute?

From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John

Thee be'st hankering after the good things hereabout; but I'll spoil thy liquorish tooth for tasting.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

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