Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pretense or feint.
- To tell falsehoods; draw the long bow; invent fictions.
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Examples
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Always in their eyes, however, she was a woman, and no woman was "fitten" to teach school.
The Heart of the Hills John Fox 1891
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May 4, 2008 at 1:34 am ai wroted teh pome 4 teh wiki, sew ai brotz it heer 2…seamz fitten 4 dis tiem ub yeer
Hi-efishunzy edishun - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Oar a re-fitten of a rew awlreddeh in it? kerrykatz4 says:
table mannerz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The foe things your niggerhead needs to be fitten for the Big Water.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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“By doen work fitten fer a mule—an th youngens growen up knowen nothen but work,” he said.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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'Mr. Symes,' says he, ('Twas cur'ous, his name was Cap'n Symes, an 'my name was Mister Symes, but we warn't neither kith nor kin),' Mr. Symes, 'says he,' it's a-bloawin 'right smart peart, an' I don't see fitten for to lower. '
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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'Mr. Symes,' says he, 'it's a bloawin' right smart peart, and I don't see fitten for to lower. '
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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'Mr. Symes,' says he, 'it's a-bloawin' right smart peart, an 'I don't see fitten for to lower.'
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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Dey said it were fitten an 'proper, an' I kept it eber sence.
Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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"She's fitten to go like a match all along when she bumps --"
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