dirl
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of dirl
First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill 1
Example Sentences
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You don’t deserve anything from me, for a ruder ’ittle dirl than you were yesterday to poor Bo-peep could not have been found in the length and breadth of England.”
From The School Queens by Meade, L. T.
Dark, darg, task. dauner, daunder, stroll. dauty, pet. dinle, thrill. dirl, v. clatter, thrill. doless, void of energy. dominie, schoolmaster. donsie, unfortunate.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
The Acharacle piper was a fine specimen of the Celt, and his get-up was glorious: "He screwed his pipes and gart them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl."
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
“Before your jottering finger could find the trigger, the hilt would dirl on your breast-bane.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
It just play'd dirl on the bane, rang, bone But did nae mair.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan
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