murther
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- murtherer noun
Etymology
Origin of murther
before 900; Middle English morther, Old English morthor; cognate with Gothic maurthr. See mortal
Example Sentences
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And there the Gosherd lay through the night, Not daring to rise and go further: For, in sooth, the Gosherd beheld a sight That frighted him more than murther!
From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas
O thou, whom poesy abhors, Whom prose has turned out of doors, Heard’st thou that groan? proceed no further; ’Twas laurell’d Martial roaring murther!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Millia, murther, there wor more than a hundherd t'ousand little men in grane jackets bringin' shtones an' airth an' buildin' a wall acrass the glen.
From Irish Wonders by McAnally, D. R. (David Russell)
“Oh murther, don’t tell him, Masther Frank,” whispered Tim, who then desperately told the truth.
From The Rajah of Dah by Fenn, George Manville
Och, murther in Irish now, and it's the blissed thruth, Misthress Judy, that I was tellin ye.
From Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman by Stone, William L. (William Leete)
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