10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLETHERED»
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blethered in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
blethered and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Talk Like a Local: From Cockney to Geordie, a ...
tired out, exhausted (Yorkshire) Deriving from a verb meaning 'to be out of breath'
or 'to make someone out of breath', blethered was originally to be found in
Yorkshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire: 'He hit me full in the chest and quite
...
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The English dialect dictionary
Lei.1 ' Haven't ye blethered, Miss l' enquired a farmer of a lady who had just
favoured the company with a song. Yew'n blethered them oases. War.a He hit me
full in the chest and quite blethered me. 2. To inflate, distend, blow out. Lei.
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Yks. (E.S.A.) Lei} ' Haven't ye blethered, Miss l' enquired a farmer of a lady who
had just favoured the company with a song. Yew'n blethered them osses. Vllar.8
He hit me full in the chest and quite blethered me. 2. To inflate, distend, blow out.
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Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs
Yew'n blethered them osses, Jarge.' ' Ah've blethered as toight as a droom.' sb.,
var. pron. of ' bladder.' Blether-head, or Blether-yead, sb. a ' bladder-head,' i. e.
an empty- headed noodle. Bletherum skoite, sb. a loud, empty-headed ...
Arthur Benoni Evans, Sebastian Evans, 1881
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Giddy Old School: The Diary of a Swot 1948-1951
Then Mr. Heron came along, and we read magazines and blethered while he
blethered and read magazines. After the interval we returned to the Hall. I thought
it was just the sports prize—giving, but they gave out the certificates of merit, ...
Terry I could've done. If I'd've stayed at school. Who knows? Harry I dropped you
on your head once, when you were a bairn. I've always wondered. Terry Were
you blethered? Harry No, no. No I wasn't blethered. I was . . . stoned. I was stoned
.
This is how "Lovelorn" came about.The publisher advised me that my volume of love poems might be too slim to publish in the way I wanted, and they wondered whether I might want to include some illustrations!
Whygetall hotand blethered just so you can get cold again? Anyway, the sea is
for fishes. Trolls don't belong inthe sea. Caves and forests—that's where trolls live
." "And houses,"Ulrik pointed out. "Weliveina house." "Yes, well,houses as well," ...
And Ewan said that an old bit billy had come and blethered, an officer creature,
but he'd paid no heed, it had nothing to do with him. Even as he spoke there rose
a great clamour of guns far up in the front, it was four miles off, not more; and ...
Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 2007
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Man Walks Into A Pub: A Sociable History of Beer (Fully ...
The Magna Carta instituted standard measures for ale * When you think about it,
this could explain a lot: the famous arrow that pierced the King's eye was
probably fired by some blethered idiot on his own side. and wine, and Church
and State ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLETHERED»
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blethered is used in the context of the following news items.
The future of Scots
Hyslop blethered aboot growan up doon sooth wi a mither wha mostlins spok English bit shifted straet awey tae a rich urban Scots whan ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
Total Warrior: Clare Smith's endurance battle week 3
And we blethered most of the time which made the time pass quickly. It was a warm night – the River Esk looked inviting for the first time ever! «Edinburgh Evening News, Jun 15»
Cat's Eyes on Glasgow: the Glaswegian who makes music for the …
Armstrong casually blethered away behind the piano, as piece after piece made the hairs on the back of my arm stand in ovation. His music is ... «Glasgow Evening Times, Jan 15»
Do all men really have a masochistic streak?
“Yeah, it was freezing cold, my feet are numb and the pie tasted like old condoms,” blethered my mate Sam to his girlfriend on the phone as we ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
Jim Murphy can start his long jog into the wilderness now
The day he became leader, he blethered some nonsense about how Labour would not lose a single seat to the SNP in 2015, but a poll ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
Tired old Question Time is all mouth and too many trousers - it's time …
“We're not doing real politics any more,” blethered Farage. “Give us something to vote for,” Brand demanded. Hang on, Mary Creagh has ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
FMQs sketch: lies, damn lies, statistics...and Alex Salmond answers
Mr Salmond blethered about English cuts, chucked in another ratio, then embarked on a giant detour about construction, declaring the SNP ... «Herald Scotland, Nov 14»
Does Alex Salmond Westminster speculation now have substance?
It's been blethered about amongst the chattering classes rather a lot over the last few weeks, has Alex Salmond's future. What will the First ... «The Courier, Oct 14»
After Apple Pay cold shoulder, PayPal hits back with 'money should …
because I heard that Apple would trust Paypal more than a single word you blethered.Small world, huh? Jean-Pierre- 5pts. paypal. There's also ... «ZDNet, Sep 14»
Meet the man who turned his hit Dundee FC blog into a critically …
"I even went to the pub and blethered to my pals about my ideas and it turned out all right. The first draft was a wee bit sketchy, the second draft ... «Scotland Now, Aug 14»
