messin

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'S'elp me Gawd, tho', that man's not fit to live--messin' with my beauty-sleep this way Go out and shoot him in the morning, then,' said the subaltern incautiously.

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  1. A mongrel dog; a cur. [Scots.] But wad hae spent an hour caressin', E'en wi' a tinkler-gypsy's messin. Burns, The Twa Dogs.
  2. Mongrel; currish. [Scots.]

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  • Now uhhh he's uhhh gonna uhhh um uh show um John McCain uhhh who he's uhhhhhhh messin 'with! —  Latest Articles
  • Are we just messin 'with their minds, telling them that they're too fragile to handle a thong on the head and a sharp "Sit!" command? —  Knowledge is Power
  • Location: New Orleans haha stalgo you're right man cuz i joined to play with you and you werent talking and you were just messin around it seemed like, plus my clan was about to have a practice. i usually never quit games unless forced to and what the crap does rage quit mean? haha —  GameBattles News
  • How can you not love a song whose chorus is: "Now you're messin 'with a. A son of a biitch!" —  ZUG.com > ZUG Live
  • Ye don't me messin with der U.S. of A. Peter Pointer from Canada writes: Go figure. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
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  1. Also messan, formerly irreg. messoun; a variant of *mestin, mastin, from Old French mastin, French mâtin, a mastiff: see mastiff.
 

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