dirl
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of dirl
First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill 1
Example Sentences
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“I don’t want to be a lobs’er—nor a dirl, so there!”
From The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks
They screwed their pipes and made them skirl, Till roofs and rafters all did dirl.
From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon
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 Leighton, Alexander
Ah, Lucky, ye would na hae tholed the dirl o' the dints o' my hammer as she did.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
"You 's doin' to have a new ittle sit-ter to-mowowday, if you 's a dood ittle dirl an does to seep nite an kick, you ser-weet ittle Vildy Tummins!"
From Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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