vexin

Her hadn't any more thought o 'vexin' 'ee than a babby; nor I neither, so far as that goes, or I should ha' put a stopper on it, you may be sure.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

It is vexin 'to see a lot of people attackin' the plan, and nobody seems to be offerin 'Plan B, including those idiotic Blue Dog Dems.

CBO: Health reform bills won't reduce costs 2009

Something that went right for Eric and Magnus, though, Ah'm bound to say, odds are it's the Good Neighbors, and vexin 'as it is, even something like this, it could be their way o' askin 'for help — or givin' help — or payin 'a social call as much as bein' unmannerly.

Music to My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

Something that went right for Eric and Magnus, though, Ah'm bound to say, odds are it's the Good Neighbors, and vexin 'as it is, even something like this, it could be their way o' askin 'for help-or givin' help-or payin 'a social call as much as bein' unmannerly.

Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

Ef dar is enny one uv dem furloserfurs whar's been takin 'so many cracks at my ole haid 'bout here, he is korjully envited ter step for'd an' squar up dis vexin 'bizniss.

John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908

"What has His Serene Transparency been vexin 'you for?" said McTurk.

Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900

"Ain't it vexin '?" said Croft, sitting down on the stump of a tree and wiping the perspiration from his forehead.

The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West 1859

"Now, isn't that vexin '?" he said, looking about him.

The Norsemen in the West 1859

"Well, mum," he said, "I s'pose it's the will o 'th' Almighty as we is brought into the world, and I don't say nothin 'agin it --' tisn't my place -- but it do come over me powerful at times, wen I sees all the vexin 'as folks has to go through, as God A'mighty might 'a found somethin' better to do with His time; not as I wants to find no fault with His ways, which is past finding out," added the gravedigger, falling to work again.

The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird

"One of you thieves read out what's vexin 'Old Barbarity an'

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900