[f. WEASEL + -SHIP.] † a. A mock title for a weasel. b. The condition or qualities of a weasel. In quot. fig.
1702. Yalden, Æsop at Crt., vii. 23. A Fox … ask’d him … why his Weazleship would keep In durance vile.
1855. Glasgow Herald, 6 Aug., 6/6. In order to prove the pugnacious qualities of his weaselship, I went forward in a menacing attitude, and taking hold of the rabbit’s leg, I had some difficulty in removing it from his hold.
1861. Macm. Mag., IV. 311/1. Such a representation … as would … exhibit his weaselship in the most striking light.
