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worrit

/ ˈwʌrɪt /

verb

  1. dialect.
    tr to tease or worry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of worrit1

probably variant of worry , but compare wherrit
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Example Sentences

“Tell me directly what you’ve been doing to wear me away with fret and fright and worrit, or I’d have you out of that corner if you was fifty Pips, and he was five hundred Gargerys.”

When she was in the fam’ly way, her ma got worrit bout Sal was losin’ weight.

Gets through his own work without worrit, and then he's so good at odd jobs!

"And don't you worrit, Miss," Mrs. Toft continued, eyeing the sick man judicially.

The stains of logwood don't worrit me; 'tis a noble dye, you must own, and many's the noble garment that has been dyed for a Spaniard's madam out o' the logwood I've cut.

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