Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
scare .
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Examples
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Seh misses teh watur bye a hare wich hadda beeg skair adn swamawaiwifakwikniss adn landid saiflee on teh rokz on teh uddur syd*
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Hillary taukin bout Hillary, othur peeps tryin tu skair yu haf tu def wif tauk bout imminint dysasturs, bad weathurs, playgues adn pestiliyences dat be cummin up enny tyme naow.
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It wuz designed to sort o 'chase the rats round and skair' em.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete Marietta Holley 1881
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He did it to skair me, I knew; and I wuz most skaird, I confess, he acted so horrowfied.
Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician Marietta Holley 1881
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And he said he did it to keep me from havin 'sech a skair.
Samantha at the World's Fair Marietta Holley 1881
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Wall, Miss Timson and Rosy both told me how the ringin 'of the bells seemed to roust him up and skair him (as it were) and git him all excited and crazy.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete Marietta Holley 1881
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He did it to skair me, I knew, but I knowed I meant well towards the Constitution and our old forefathers; and my principles stiddied me and held me firm and serene.
Samantha on the Woman Question Marietta Holley 1881
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He gin up; he could not skair me to death: and says he, --
Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician Marietta Holley 1881
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He see that he could not skair me to death; an 'sez he, "Oh, yes, they've been changed in cases of necessity."
Samantha on the Woman Question Marietta Holley 1881
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It wuz designed to sort o 'chase the rats round and skair' em.
Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 5 Marietta Holley 1881
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