mar
verb (used with object)
to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil.
marrer
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a word derived from
mar.
Example Sentences
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Flesh of his flesh, the keeper of his honour and his peace henceforth, the maker or marrer of his life’s happiness, be it long or short, was this pretty unformed, wayward child.
From Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
The E. G. You can purr 'em all down t' me—it don' marrer!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
I'm jest as mean as anybody when I'm stirred up, en I'm mad to mah marrer!
From Isle o' Dreams by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman
Now, Scraggsy here has been master so long that the juice of authority has sorter soaked into his marrer bones.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
But I tell you Zip’s a man, an’ a great big man to the marrer of his small backbone.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum
