10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUSTERMENT»
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A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire
Flusterment,. or. Fluster,. (1). a. flush of heat upon the skin ; a slight eruption. (2) A
state of excitement. (3) A puffing advertisement. Flyre, v. to laugh. To ' flicker and
flyre' is the usual expression. Flyting. See Fitting. Fodder, or Fother, the winter ...
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Wit, character, folklore & customs of the North Riding of ...
Fluster, Flusterment, n. A state of being heated by excitement, agitation. Ex.—
What a flusterment that bairn 'ezputten uz all inteea ! wa thowt 'at he'd gitten
hissel lost. Fly, To let, v. To strike with force. Foal's-foot, n. Coltsfoot (Tussilago
farfara).
Richard Blakeborough, 1898
One November afternoon there was talk around a London fireside of Continental
Customhouses and their red tape, their fear and flusterment when confronted by
a novel situation. 'I wonder what the Germans would do if one tried to take into ...
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A glossary of the Cleveland dialect
Fluster, flusterment, sb. 1. A state of excitement and consequent heat. 2. A
determination of heat to the skin, in whatever form, redness, spots, perspiration,
&c. 3. A puffing, high-flown advertisement. Rich, looks upon this word as ' a
corruption of ...
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
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A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, ...
A sair uking and swithering. as gin it war boun to break out intiv a great
flusterment ;" a sore itching and smarting as if the part were going to break out
into an eruption.' W7). GI. Umbethink, unbethink, v. ref. To recollect, to call to mind
, to have ...
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
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Lord John 4-Book Bundle
... perhaps it would be easier wereIto meet you yonder?” He nodded down the
road, to a gapwherethere wasagate setintothe hedge. The clean-smelling young
woman met him there, her facepink with cold air and flusterment. “You will think
me ...
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St. Olave's [by E. Stephenson].
... backs, and nothin' but shame to get a livin' with." " Ay, marry, but to think of Mrs.
Edenall, with her proud, stiff ways, belonging to that sort ! I mind once, it's nigh
half a year ago now, she came to my place in such a flusterment — you know I ...
One November afternoon there was talk around a London fireside of Continental
Customhouses and their red tape, their fear and flusterment when confronted by
a novel situation. 'I wonder what the Germans would do if one tried to take into ...
In the flusterment of going in he could almost forget for a time his Laocoon
struggle to explain, and in the intervals he did his best to keep forgetting. But
Helen with a gentle insistence resumed the explanation of Chitterlow as they
returned ...
They had entered the carriage in that condition of excited flusterment with which
ladies usually exhaust themselves at the commencement of a tiring day. and
before five minutes were passed he had learned that Blanche was Maud's cousin
; ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUSTERMENT»
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So, to combat this flusterment, and to make sure we are indeed capable of spelling the name of the incredible theatrical event, we've compiled ... «Official London Theatre, Jun 15»
How Old Is Too Old to Crash on Your Buddy's Couch? A Handy Guide.
I'm afraid that your husband, in his flusterment, may have been unduly snide. According to my reading of social contract, one is obliged to be ... «Slate Magazine, Mar 14»
