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St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks
Black Minty,” Mrs. Araminta Jones, was on hand and promised to do “a hull mess
o' bakin', and keep a sharp eye on the brown gemman, though she 'lowed she felt
dreiful timorsome when dat leetle monkey glared at her for all do worl' like de ...
Oh no !' exclaimed the child, and, turning round, he ran off towards the house,
dropping in his flight the earthenware pan he carried. Yelf chuckled to himself as
the boy ran away, and muttered, ' A wee bit timorsome, — just a wee bit
timorsome.
Ernest Gambier Parry, 1892
SHE 'LOWED SHE FELT DREFFUL TIMORSOME WHEN DAT LEETLE MONKEY
GLARED AT HER.' " claimed Samantha ; " and I trust all has gone smoothly here.
Did Minty give you plenty of dinner ? " " Yes, yes, child, a great plenty." But, as ...
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... timorsome, undaring rel gentle, mild, milk-toast, milky; cautious, chary, wary;
jumpy, nervous, skittish; afraid, apprehensive, fainthearted, fearful; chicken,
chickenhearted, henhearted, mouselike, mousy, pigeonhearted; cowardly, yellow
; funky ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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Works of Maria Edgeworth: Early lessons. 1825
... but, Sir,” added he, turning to Godfrey, “ she never attempts such a thing, or
thinks of it, except when Miss Helen is riding her, who is so very timorsome, and
the pony knows she can do as she pleases.” Godfrey laughed at Helen's
cowardice; ...
Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 1825
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Sh.I. My conscience ... is as tender as ony man's . . . but she is something of a
timorsome nature, cannot abide angry folk, SCOTT Pirate (1821) xviii. Cai.1 Ir.
Some people are naturally more timersome than others, CARLETON
Fardorougha (ed ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary: T-Z. Supplement. ...
Sh.I. My conscience ... is as tender as ony man's . . . but she is somethingof a
timorsome nature, cannot abide angry folk, Scorr Pirate (i8ai) xviii. Cai.1 Ir. Some
people are naturally more timersome than others, Carleton Fardorougha (ed.
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The English dialect dictionary
Sh.I. My conscience . . . is as tender as 0ny man's . . . but she is something of a
timorsome nature, cannot abide angry folk, Scorr Pt'rate (1821) xviii. Cali.l lr.
Some people are naturally more timersome than others, CARLETON
Fardaraugha (ed.
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Sh.I. My conscience . . . is as tender as ony man's . . . but she is something of a
timorsome nature, cannot abide angry folk, Scorr Pirate (1821) xviii. Casi.l Ir.
Some people are naturally more timersome than others, CARLETON
Fardorougha (ed.
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
Same as tamin, 1. timorsome The inward man struggled and plunged amidst the
toils of broadcloth and timmen. Miss Ferrier, Inheritance, lxxlii. timmer. A dialectal
form of timber1, timber?. timocracy (ti-mok'ra-si), *. [= F. timocratic, < Gr.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1897
