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callow

Rare (of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers

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Such a downy tip was on his callow chin, that he seemed half fledged like a young bird; and a compassionate observer might have urged that, if he had not singed the calves of his legs, he would have died of cold.

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My first encounter with French food was an embarrassing disaster, but then I was a callow youth on my first visit to Paris in 1962 to attend a wedding.

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THE REBEL GOLD, 10pm AFTER a lengthy career largely behaving himself on the stage and screen, it must surely be liberating for actor Simon Callow to become the swearing, irascible, hellraising pensioner Henry Palmer in this sitcom.

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Callow has in fact admitted that he can relate to the old grump, who is a bit like Victor Meldrew, but more mischievous.

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FOUR Weddings and a Funeral star Simon Callow says he is "terrified" of Donald Trump - because he reminds him of Hitler.

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ACTOR Simon Callow says the election of US President Donald Trump terrified him as his rise to power "reminds him of Hitler's".