Talk:callow

Mall Rats the movie not a source
"Callow", as far as I can tell, does not mean "shallow and weak-willed". Again, haha, Mall Rats the movie is not a source!

A kind of duck
Webster 1913 says that this is "a kind of duck", the same as old squaw, and named from its note (not from the usual meaning of callow:). I haven't found any citations but I bet they're out there. Equinox ◑ 01:56, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

RFV discussion: August 2021
The "bald" sense may not have survived into modern English. OED only has quotations up to "a. 1425" (before 1425), and none of them spell the word callow. The MED has as its lemma, which we currently don't have an entry for. — SGconlaw (talk) 15:46, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I've added 3 6 citations for the sense "bald" Leasnam (talk) 18:06, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * excellent! Passed. — SGconlaw (talk) 07:59, 17 August 2021 (UTC)