unlicked
Americanadjective
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not licked.
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Archaic.
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not brought into final or proper shape; unfinished.
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unpolished or crude.
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Etymology
Origin of unlicked
Example Sentences
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Many a Corpus man is a veteran, for the war's end converted Oxford into a strange combination of unlicked cubs fresh from public schools and older men just back from the wars.
From Time Magazine Archive
On her teeth is a little lipstick residue, like unlicked blood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unlicked cub aforesaid was slumbering peacefully in his corner, his long legs straight across the compartment, for we were three on that side, and there was no room to put them on the seat.
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
He looked a terribly unlicked cub, and Winn found himself watching anxiously to see if Claire ate enough and the right things.
From The Dark Tower by J. H. Gardner Soper
Hadst thou the glories of thy King exprest, Thy praises had been satires at the best; But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
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