wisker
English
Noun
wisker (plural wiskers)
- (archaic, Britain, slang) A lie
- 1694, Echard, Laurence, transl., “Amphitryon”, in Plautus's Comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English, translation of Amphitryon by Titus Maccius Plautus:
- Suppose I tell her some damn'd wisker; why, that's but m' old Dog-trick.
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- See Thesaurus:lie
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