muss
noun
a state of disorder or untidiness.
have mussed
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present perfectof muss.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Them clothes of Purdy's had got Swifty goin', and he wouldn't have mussed him for a farm.
From Side-stepping with Shorty by Sewell Ford
"Just see how you have mussed my hair!"
From Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces by Stanford Eveleth
It was as if her mind were a crisp dress with ribbons which she hated to have mussed or disarranged.
From Linda Condon by Joseph Hergesheimer
"Here's Miller an' the Swede, an' they sure have mussed 'em up turrible."
From The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs
They are always wearing dresses and pretentions they can't afford to have mussed.
From Cytherea by Joseph Hergesheimer
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