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- adjective Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a beaver.
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Examples
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The challenger's high-minded unwillingness to suck up to hacks and party builders has left him ill prepared to counteract Mr. Gore's beaverlike operatives, who have been gnawing away at Mr. Bradley's early support in New York for months.
The New Bill Bradley Isn't Hurting Al Gore in Rough State Contest 2000
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The challenger's high-minded unwillingness to suck up to hacks and party builders has left him ill prepared to counteract Mr. Gore's beaverlike operatives, who have been gnawing away at Mr. Bradley's early support in New York for months.
The New Bill Bradley Isn't Hurting Al Gore in Rough State Contest 2000
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The furry, beaverlike creature had been delicious.
The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993
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Old Bonitian beam ends are characteristically conical, the beaverlike gnawing of a stone ax unmistakable.
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"Beaver State," perhaps in memory of the beaver days but now in characterization of the beaverlike activity of its people.
The French in the Heart of America John Finley 1901
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But for just that second before the animals dived underwater, I got a brief look at their beaverlike bodies and long ratlike tails.
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But for just that second before the animals dived underwater, I got a brief look at their beaverlike bodies and long ratlike tails.
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