"Meldrewish" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998, Stephen Phillips, Galloway Kyle, Harold Monro, Poetry Review, page 89",
          "text": "If occasionally a poem luxuriates in its nostalgia without much point ('Without Potatoes' is a Meldrewish whinge about Spud-U-Likes), […]",
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          "text": "Far from being a Meldrewish ogre, Wilson turns out to be one of the friendliest, most open-hearted and most modest […]",
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