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comparative waxier or more waxy, superlative waxiest or most waxy
Resembling wax in texture or appearance. examples
plural waxies
(UK, obsolete, slang) A cobbler (shoe repairer).
comparative more waxy, superlative most waxy
(regional, colloquial) Angry. quotations examples
A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […]