Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a hamster.

Etymologies

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hamster +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The hamsterlike county medical examiner, Dr. Flemm, had arrived half an hour later, his mustache quivering busily.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • The hamsterlike county medical examiner, Dr. Flemm, had arrived half an hour later, his mustache quivering busily.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • The hamsterlike county medical examiner, Dr. Flemm, had arrived half an hour later, his mustache quivering busily.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • The hamsterlike county medical examiner, Dr. Flemm, had arrived half an hour later, his mustache quivering busily.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • His hamsterlike cheeks had lost their normal flabbiness, having suddenly taken on hard lines of anger and tension.

    Vagabond of Space Ernsting, Walter 1976

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