Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Another spelling, historically more correct, of harry.
- To honor; praise; celebrate.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
honour ;praise ;celebrate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ai nawt liek teh herry men tho – well nawt awn teh bodee liek a herry bakk.
Swiss Kitty - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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De white folks hadder herry (hurry) en put t'ings in pots en bury em or hide em somewhey when dey hear dat de Yankees wus comin 'cause dey scare dem Yankees might take dey t'ings lak dey is carry' way udder folks t'ings.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Stevenson say dey mus 'herry en hide dey va'uables cause de Yankees wuz comin' t'rough dere en sweep em out.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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Don 'know' xactly how ole I was den, but I c'n tell yah dis much, I wasn't in no herry to marry.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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You must herry and git into the house, Huldy, for _I_ d '' no 'how the machine's managed to run without ye all this time.
Queen Hildegarde Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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` ` Troth, 'said Donald, ` ` an I wish I had never seen them between the een, for they're come to herry us out o' house and ha '.' '
A Legend of Montrose 1871
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"Troth," said Donald, "an 'I wish I had never seen them between the een, for they're come to herry us out o' house and ha '."
A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801
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ENLARGE herry Rupert, executive director of the state Indian Commission, was honored last week by the Nevada Commission on Tourism for her work on the self-guided tour of the Stewart Indian School.
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This post was mentioned on Twitter by benedict. herry and idana. smith, John Conner.
Rocket News 2009
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Rules regarding such codes differ from one service to another - for example, Livejournal expects it to be wrapped into onochrome etallic merald unny pen sea herry
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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