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 Madison, Lucy Foster
And don’t you wherrit about your lodgings, if you ’re short of cash.
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
I don’t want the poor fellow to have aught to wherrit him.
From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Madison, Lucy Foster
Miller, what with the French, and what with my nephew Festus, I assure ye my life is nothing but wherrit from morning to night.
From The Trumpet-Major by Hardy, Thomas
Let her wherrit and tiff, 'Twill blow off in a whiff, If you take but a pipe of tobacco.
From Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry by Various
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