Meanings
- informalnot comparableOf about fourteen years of age.
The kid, thirteen or fourteenish, worn green International Harvester cap turned backwards, seems to have the crowd on his side.
2006, E. Craig Coffin, Reflections of a Born-Again Pagan Radical1 more example
His twelvish son is introduced as a pyromaniacal, foul-mouthed shifty operator. His fourteenish daughter dresses in a manner that would be deemed inappropriately suggestive for a twenty-year-old, and has no worthy interests or social graces.
2003, Elliot Gertel, Over the Top Judaism, page 62
Origin
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