Definitions
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- adjective
afraid
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Considered derogatory in current usage.) jerran: Afraid.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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When I saw the mob there was I didn't see so much to be jerran about, as it was fifty to one in favour of any one that was wanted, in the middle of such a muster of queer cattle as was going on at Turon that day.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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When I saw the mob there was I didn’t see so much to be jerran about, as it was fifty to one in favour of any one that was wanted, in the middle of such a muster of queer cattle as was going on at Turon that day.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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