whort
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of whort
1570–80; dialectal variant of Middle English hurte, Old English horte whortleberry
Example Sentences
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But the tea and the bread and butter and the whort jam were like no food on earth.
From Love and Mr. Lewisham by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
She don't tell no lies to get 'erself out of nothin'; 'cos she's so bad that she don't keer whort rows she gets inter.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 by Various
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