tew

American  

[tyoo] / tju /

verb (used with object)

tewed, tewing

1. Dialect. to dress (leather); to beat or otherwise prepare (animal skin) to produce leather.

2. Dialect. to tire out.

3. Dialect. to worry, bother, or stress.

4. Dialect. to shake, toss, or put out of a state of proper order.

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verb (used without object)

tewed, tewing

1. Dialect. to work hard until tired.

noun

1. Dialect. a state of worry or upset.

Example Sentences

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Thare iz lots ov people who have never seen a flea, and it takes a pretty smart man tew see one ennyhow; they don’t stay long in a place.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

I never could ackount for a snaik or a kat hateing tew die so bad, unless it waz bekauze they waz so poorly prepared for deth.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

Cunning stands in the same relashun tew wisdum that a tadpole duz tew a frog, he may git tew be a frog if he keeps on growing, but he aint one now.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

Adam would never hav bin fit tew kontend with the job ov gitting a living outside the garden if he hadn’t trapped suckcessfully for a mouse.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

They are as sure tew hatch out and run as Kanada thistles, or a bad kold.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

I should feel tewed like, if she came into the kitchen, worritin' and asking questions.

From Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Happen there was a lass tewed up wi'it.

From Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling

"Happen there was a lass tewed up wi' him, too," said he.

From Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling

I counted the days while St Mark's Day, and tewed and rived and better rived to keep him out o' his coffin.

From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman

But for all shoo tewed so hard, there was a gey bit o' wool left i' t' bag when ten o'clock com and 'twere time to get to bed.

From Tales of the Ridings by C. Vaughan

She said there was something very human about trees, that she had often watched them tewing with a great wind, tossing and fretting, but very seldom giving way to it.

From The Measure of a Man by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill

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