mishanter

American  

[mi-shan-ter] / mɪˈʃæn tər /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a misfortune; mishap.

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Etymology

Origin of mishanter

1745–55; variant of misaunter, equivalent to mis- ¹ + aunter, variant of obsolete aventure adventure

Example Sentences

You have been silent, Innes," said Sandy, "for the last half-hour, and look as wae and anxious as if some terrible mishanter had befallen ye.

From Project Gutenberg

He has planted his foot where it lighted by mishanter, and a’ the guid an’ ill in Scotland wadna budge him frae the spot.”

From Project Gutenberg

An’ now that they hae dune their maist, the record o’ Robert’s mishanter is lying in whity-brown ink yonder in a page o’ the session-buik, while the ballads hae sunk deep deep intil the very mind o’ the country, and may live there for hunders and hunders o’ years.”

From Project Gutenberg

When idly goavan whyles we saunter Yirr, fancy barks, awa’ we canter Uphill, down brae, till some mishanter, Some black bog-hole, Arrests us, then the scathe an’ banter We’re forced to thole.

From Project Gutenberg

I lookit aye at even' for her, Lest mishanter should come o'er her, Or the fowmart might devour her, Gin the beastie bade awa; My Ewie wi' the crookit horn, Well deserved baith girse and corn, Sic a Ewe was never born, Hereabout nor far awa'; Sic a Ewe was never born, &c.

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