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worrit

British

/ ˈwʌrɪt /

verb

dialect (tr) to tease or worry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of worrit

probably variant of _worry , but compare _wherrit

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worrit

When she was in the fam’ly way, her ma got worrit bout Sal was losin’ weight.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

I have to cough into my apron when Lucy's asleep, but I should soon be right enough if I'd nought to worrit about.

From Windyridge by W. Riley

Slaney’s missis didn’t guess we’d orter worrit him.

From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Ridgwell Cullum

There's Jane took bad; wi' the worrit and the sorrow it's come on a bit earlier than she reckoned, and you're to come along as quick as you can.

From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

I declare to goodness you children would worrit the patience out of a saint.’

From Friends I Have Made by George Manville Fenn

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