1764 J. Mayhew Remarks Anonymous Tract 82 Some late writings of the episcopalians..would.., if he had seen them, have extorted..a sharp rebuke, instead of such a gingerish exhortation.

1900 Med. Cent. 1 May 151 The medical profession has been very gingerish in its handling of Christian Science.

1958 Odessa (Texas) Amer. 7 Sept. 41/1 Peck's gingerish attempts to put a saddle blanket on Thunder are repeatedly thwarted.

1995 T. Glück May you live in Interesting Times 66 I couldn't help but see him, the gingerish, painstaking way he'd eat.

1895 Dart 22 Feb. 11/1 Her back was a delicate gingerish grey, Her tail was a dirty white.

1910 W. de la Mare Three Mulla-mulgars 85 In this tree grows a small round, gingerish nut.

1940 War Dept. Tech. Man. 23 Sept. 56 Aroma should be characteristically and pleasingly gingerish.

1973 J. Thomson Death Cap v. 75 She had her brother's..gingerish, greying hair, although hers was permed into a lot of little waves.

1993 D. Bilou tr. R. Almog Death in Rain i. 12 Breathe in the air you breathe out, the smell of tobacco and the dry, gingerish taste of your skin.

2004 L. Stacey Deadfall (2005) iii. 44 With a weathered face and not much gingerish hair under a flat cap.