Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen.
- noun A superstitious observance or practice.
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- verb Alternative simple past of
fret . - noun A
superstitious notion orbelief with respect to any action or event as a good or a badomen ; asuperstition . - noun A superstitious
rite ,observance ,wont , orpractise . - noun A
charm .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But then I recalled the word downsizing, and remembered the Bush tax cuts which allowed these freet trade corporations to export jobs overseas, and get a tax cut all at the same time.
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But then I recalled the word downsizing, and remembered the Bush tax cuts which allowed these freet trade corporations to export jobs overseas, and get a tax cut all at the same time.
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"Whativer has ta been doain, aw niver saw sich a freet i 'mi life."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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After some colloquy, she dismissed her very coolly, remarking, “ 'Deed, freet's dear sin' I sauld freet in streets o 'Aberdeen.”
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
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What it wer he could not think; but he never consayted there was a freet or a bo thereaway; so he kep near it, watching every spang and turn it took, till it ran into the gripe by the roadside.
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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Its one thing to shoot freet hrows in practice without running up and down the court playing defense and getting banged up in the middle.
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Under the rules of Citizendium all are freet o edit existing articles, but experience has shown that misunderstandings tend to arise if alterations are made without first inviting discussion on the article's talk page - as a result, as for example of lack of awareness of the specialised interpretations that economists apply to some everday terms. of other disciplines concerning the clarity of existing articles are also very welcome.
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Feel freet to come on out and see the boys who didn't play Saturday.
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"'I's boun' home, 'says Doed, an' his teeth started ditherin 'wi' freet.
More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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"'What's a' this ye a sen, child? it mun be a dream, for ye know there's na sic a thing as a bo or a freet in a 'the world.
Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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