botherment

"None, none; never make any more botherment about it, Master Lawson," said the third.

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

"Come, get along, man, and let's have no more botherment," cried one of the impatient passengers.

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

"And to think a bit thing like that can make all this botherment!"

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892

"'It's no use,' says he, 'the man's sure to fall for treason,' he says, 'and it's all botherment trying to force me to indict' im for murder. '"

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

Deacon now, bless ye, or archdeacon, and some sic botherment, and his daughter is to be married to yon slip of a curate with the rabbit mouth and the heather legs.

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892

"It's hut little I care, anyway, for such botherment; but fighting is no play, and a body shouldn't be particular how they strike, or who they hit, so it's the inimy."

The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1820

But goddammit, the thought of listening to my President or Vice-President further embarrass our country and belittle the incredible threat posed by these weapons by mangling that word for the next four to eight years, well, let's just say my botherment is probably at least as disproportionate as the utility of nukes to any conceivable military objective.

The Duck of Minerva 2008

First, envy is agreed to be a form of pain or botherment ” an unpleasant emotion.

Envy D'Arms, Justin 2009

But, man, what's all this botherment about telling a lassie's name? "

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892

You've worked too much already -- that's half the botherment. "

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892