a-purpose

"Done it a-purpose," Jed sneered as I scrambled to my feet.

Chapter 13 2010

"Don't take any stock in her nonsense," the Fraction King warned, "She just does it a-purpose to get me mad."

CHAPTER 20 2010

The Gate had been shut down a-purpose, but by a purely Sidhe negation of its working.

Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

"In the Bright Court we are sometimes careless and thoughtless in a way that is cruel," Aleneil said, "but it is not our way to be cruel a-purpose, just to hurt another."

Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

No more of this, miss! and done for you a-purpose!

Erema Richard Doddridge 2004

The Hunters were a fearsome group, whose fantastic armor, costumes, and weaponry were designed a-purpose to strike terror into the hearts of the mortal humans foolish enough to have earned their attention.

This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

In 1840, the Canadian novelist Thomas Haliburton, in his dialect-rich The Clockmaker, had his Yankee character named Sam Slick say: All that talk about her timper was made out of whole cloth, and got up a-purpose….

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

In 1840, the Canadian novelist Thomas Haliburton, in his dialect-rich The Clockmaker, had his Yankee character named Sam Slick say: All that talk about her timper was made out of whole cloth, and got up a-purpose….

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

In 1840, the Canadian novelist Thomas Haliburton, in his dialect-rich The Clockmaker, had his Yankee character named Sam Slick say: All that talk about her timper was made out of whole cloth, and got up a-purpose….

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

And so they let their horses run, and Sir Tristram missed of him a-purpose, and Sir Dinadan brake a spear upon Sir Tristram, and therewith Sir Dinadan dressed him to draw out his sword.

Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003