wherrit
Britishverb
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to worry or cause to worry
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(intr) to complain or moan
Etymology
Origin of wherrit
perhaps from thwert, obsolete variant of thwart ; compare worrit
Example Sentences
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“But matters are beginning to move in their accustomed groove, and I cannot but wherrit anent what thy mother and mine are thinking.”
From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison
“Not me, sir, and you needn’t wherrit about what to do wi’ me.
From The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap by Stanley L. Wood
You see I don’t like to wherrit people with my old stories; but when I can get any one to listen I du like to talk a bit.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn
“Now, Peggy, don’t wherrit over that,” spoke Nurse Johnson.
From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison
And don’t you wherrit about your lodgings, if you ’re short of cash.
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
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