Wednesday's Word
Word: Ugly (Adj.)
Definition: Ill-tempered
Usage:
“The old man Brown was some ugly about them kids swiping his apples.”
“Well, it wan’t the apples they took. It was they clumb up in the tree and shook it and then just picked up a few before they skedaddled. Left all the rest bruised on the ground.”
“I don’t blame him then. I’d be ugly myself.”
(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)
Definition: Ill-tempered
Usage:
“The old man Brown was some ugly about them kids swiping his apples.”
“Well, it wan’t the apples they took. It was they clumb up in the tree and shook it and then just picked up a few before they skedaddled. Left all the rest bruised on the ground.”
“I don’t blame him then. I’d be ugly myself.”
(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)
Labels: How to Talk Yankee, Wednesday's Word
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