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Examples
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And on your affections look black, O! Let her wherrit and tiff,
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When they had got into a corner Uncle Benjy said, 'Miller, what with the French, and what with my nephew Festus, I assure ye my life is nothing but wherrit from morning to night.
The Trumpet-Major Thomas Hardy 1884
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And don't you wherrit about your lodgings, if you 're short of cash.
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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"Don't you wherrit yourself about those keys, squire," advised
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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It do wherrit me terribly; and I shall die o 'the thought of that paper I signed with my holy cross, as South died of his trouble. "
The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy 1884
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De doctor say de ku'nel 'ud do fus-class ef he only would n't wherrit so, but he do nothin' but toss an 'act rambunctious, an' dat keep de wound fretted an 'him feverish. "
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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"Not me, sir, and you needn't wherrit about what to do wi 'me.
The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Then don't you wherrit your head no more about it, Master Aleck.
The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap George Manville Fenn 1870
reesetee commented on the word wherrit
To pester, bother or tease. Also spelled wherret.
October 3, 2007
yarb commented on the word wherrit
A boy named Skerritt in my school was referred to by one teacher as "Skerritt the wherrit."
October 4, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word wherrit
Dude. That's mean.
October 4, 2007
yarb commented on the word wherrit
You think so? Skerritt the tosser, that would have been mean. Skerritt the gimp. Skerritt the useless waste of space. There are many worse things you can be than a wherrit.
October 4, 2007
uselessness commented on the word wherrit
I am highly offended that you categorize "useless waste of space" as an insult.
October 4, 2007
yarb commented on the word wherrit
I take it back. On reflection it's an accolade.
October 4, 2007
reesetee commented on the word wherrit
Yeah! One could do worse than be useless. Ness. ;-)
October 4, 2007