harpin
- a variation of harping.
Example Sentences
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"Stop that harpin, I say!" the vender demands, drawing himself into a pugnacious attitude; "your insinuations against my honour aggravate me more and more."
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
"I'll trouble you for that thar harpin," said Miggles, gravely.
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Harte, Bret
