jarrin

Terrible jarrin 'to the nerves when folks come in and call on a sick man.

Way of the Lawless Max Brand 1918

You're a jarrin 'note in the syndicate, Scraggsy, an' I've come to that time o 'life where I want peace.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

It has a jarrin 'effect on ears unattenuated -- er -- meanin' ears that ain't keyed up to it, as the pote says.

Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

It's no credit to me; 'twas just bull luck and for the fun of jarrin 'Heman.

Cy Whittaker's Place Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

There's no jarrin 'Crosby loose from his idea, though, and he's just proposin' that I meet him there at twelve-thirty next day when Vee drifts out and I has to break away.

Torchy and Vee Sewell Ford 1907

Therefore to all sheriffs, greetin ': Fen jarrin' th 'pris'ner till ye hear fr'm us.'

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

There's no power on earth will fend it just jarrin 'off.'

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

Sometimes we feel a faint jarrin 'and thrill as if there wuz hands workin' on the other end of the line.

Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Marietta Holley 1881

And then Josiah made so light of them errents I felt that he would be a drawback instead of a help, for how could I keep a calm and noble frame of mind befittin 'them lofty errents, and how could I carry 'em stiddy with a pardner by my side pokin' fun at 'em, and at me for carryin ''em, jarrin' my sperit with his scorfin 'and onbelievin' talk?

Samantha on the Woman Question Marietta Holley 1881

Yes, I have it here, all done up in tow, as snug as a bird's egg, to keep it from jarrin, for it hurts 'em consumedly to jolt 'em over them are etarnal wooden bridges.

The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830