inher.

abbreviation for

Old Billy, Billy P.'s father, inher'tid all the prop'ty—never done a stroke of work in his life.

The' ain't ben hardly a dozen changes in farm titles, 'cept by inher'tance or foreclosure, in thirty years.

Inher′ence, Inher′ency, a sticking fast: existence in something else: a fixed state of being in another body or substance.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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