dirl
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of dirl
First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill 1
Example Sentences
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Now Susy's such a naughty dirl, And I ain't any better, And so we thought we just would wite The dear dood Dod a letter.
From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Mrs. E. P. Miller
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 L. T. Meade
And so she began to produce the dirl by turning the wheel and plying the thread.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
It just play'd dirl on the bane, rang, bone But did nae mair.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
"Most bootiful lady," she said, "an' looked des like an 'ittle dirl, see was so short, an' her eyes were so bue an' her hair so turly."
From Daisy Thornton by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes
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