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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
badger .
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Examples
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My guess is that if she felt 'badgered' then it was likely because Palin wasn't answering the question.
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That was a softball interview, Palin was "badgered" because she wouldn't answer the questions.
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One witness described how Wright, an Ernie's customer, "badgered" Doisy to go on a date but was rebuffed.
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One witness described how Wright, an Ernie's customer, "badgered" Doisy to go on a date but was rebuffed.
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Yet another witness described how Wright, an Ernie's customer, "badgered" Doisy to go on a date but was rebuffed.
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Yet another witness described how Wright, an Ernie's customer, "badgered" Doisy to go on a date but was rebuffed.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Yet another witness described how Wright, an Ernie's customer, "badgered" Doisy to go on a date but was rebuffed.
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Yet another witness described how Wright, an Ernie's customer, "badgered" Doisy to go on a date but was rebuffed.
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The next day she "badgered" Mr Self to let her lead a particular climb but he chose a less difficult one for her to lead.
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The next day she "badgered" Mr Self to let her lead a particular climb but he chose a less difficult one for her to lead.
qroqqa commented on the word badgered
. . . ladies of the haute sewer taking their last stroll, sauntering on their last Rotten Row, going slowly along in the dark, holding up their badgered flounces, or standing still, silent and as indifferent as the dead . . .
—Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
I can't find a sense of 'badger(ed)' that makes sense here, but hey, it's Djuna Barnes, and on this note I end my collection of weird words from that lush and mysterious Nightwood.
November 24, 2008