Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as beardy, 2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.), Scot. The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun informal Alternative form of beardy.
  • noun Scotland A fish, the bearded loach, Nemachilus barbatus.

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Examples

  • But there's another kind of beardie confirmation that doesn't get judged at dog shows.

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  • Thinking of the beardie as a benign, public-spirited philanthropist is as out of date as flared trousers and Slade records.

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  • Regensburg = his rather controversial speech to his alma mater talking about Islam (last year?) 'What a burqa' and 'bash the bishop' were 2 consecutive days 'frontpage headlines about the weirdie-beardie Arch-Bish ...

    How Do Y0u Solve A Problem Like Sharia Newmania 2008

  • This is a man, remember, who in his column last weekend urged the Archbishop of Canterbury to close down the Church of England with the words: I tell you this, beardie.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • True Christianity is about judgment, atonement and forgiveness and NOT unreciprocated outreach contrary to what the beardie-weirdie and his acolytes might say.

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  • Skeptics are not a bunch of beardie wierdies drinking real ale, wearing sci-fi T shirts and mumbling about conspiracy theories.

    Archive 2010-03-01 TK 2010

  • Cloggie has a problem. 90% of his party, being paid up beardie-weirdies (and that's just the wimmin) - want him to get into bed with Bruin in the event of a well hung Parliament.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • But old beardie was wrong: happy families take all sorts of different forms.

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  • Cloggie has a problem. 90% of his party, being paid up beardie-weirdies (and that's just the wimmin) - want him to get into bed with Bruin in the event of a well hung Parliament.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • Skeptics are not a bunch of beardie wierdies drinking real ale, wearing sci-fi T shirts and mumbling about conspiracy theories.

    Skeptical Women TK 2010

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