dratting

And to explain Mac's former "dratting," the Maluka said: "It's a way the rivers have up here.

We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

Mrs. Punt and her son had escaped across the road, the son trailing and stumbling at the end of a remorseless arm, but Uncle Pentstemon, encumbered by the tea-caddy, was the centre of a little circle of his own, and appeared to be dratting them all very heartily.

The History of Mr. Polly 2003

"Doing nothing's the hardest job I ever struck," he growled, shifting impatiently from shade to shade, and dratting the flies and dust; and even sank so low as to envy the missus her house.

We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

Mrs. Punt and her son had escaped across the road, the son trailing and stumbling at the end of a remorseless arm, but Uncle Pentstemon, encumbered by the tea-caddy, was the centre of a little circle of his own, and appeared to be dratting them all very heartily.

The History of Mr. Polly 1906

"But if you go dratting things, I can't economize," the girl reminded him.

Michael O'Halloran Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

"dratting things" in general, and the Cullen in particular, Mac bowed to the inevitable and began to unpack the team, stacking packbags and saddles up on the rocks off the wet grass.

We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915