fustrate

_ They did some fustrate things, but they had no idee of fixin 'hair as it should be fixed.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

But dear me! what a fustrate fault that is in a woman!

The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Various

If we should tackle them now we might not fustrate any game they might play when they get away.

Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys

But tomorrer you'll be feelin 'fustrate again, and I cal'late you'll be wantin' to get word to your folks.

The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

But I think I could tackle two if they was fustrate, 'he says.

Captain January Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

Page 88 round Melindy Price afore she war married, an 'she liked him fustrate till Josiah tuk ter comin' bout 'n the Serub-Oak Ridge, whar she lived in them days.

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

But I'm fustrate, now, and I believe I could drop off to sleep, this minute.

Ragged Lady — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

But I'm fustrate, now, and I believe I could drop off to sleep, this minute.

Ragged Lady — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878

Yorke, she's a master hand to roast peanuts, does 'em jes 'to a turn, an' then ye can smell 'em clear down to the beach, an 'fustrate it is, too.

Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls 1875

"Laws, honey, it would be fustrate, but your Pa wouldn't hear to it."

Minnie's Sacrifice Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1868