dirl
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of dirl
First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill 1
Example Sentences
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Put your ear to the ground, Mr. Dishart, and you’ll hear the dirl o’ their feet.”
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The piper made his appearance according to the time-honoured tradition, and marched twice round the table while the oaken rafters overhead rang to the dirl of the dance he drew from his chanter.
From The White Blackbird by Hudson Douglas
And you taid He would send His angel to care for me if I was a dood dirl.
From From Wealth to Poverty by Austin Potter
I'm doin' to be dood dirl, Bertie, mamma say so.
From Bertie's Home or, the Way to be Happy by Madeline Leslie
Lola saw bad boy Batster under dray bid tree fluttin' wif dray bid dirl.
From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Booth Tarkington
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