Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word or'nary.

Examples

  • By the sound of its feet we c'd tell it was no or'nary prairie cayuse, an 'soon, sure enough, Broken Feather came inter view, with the goods in a gunny sack slung over his shoulder.

    Kiddie the Scout Robert Leighton

  • One says they've the habit of disguisin 'theirselves as Red Injuns, another holds as they goes foolin' around as or'nary cowboys, but wearin 'face masks; an' another as they travels in

    Kiddie the Scout Robert Leighton

  • Already gone risin 'a good half-ounce above my or'nary

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various

  • I say, old three-decker in or'nary, we all wants one o 'your close-laid yarns this good night.

    The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. Various

  • Noo, of course, it was juist an or'nary day in Dr. Cameron's parish across the burn -- the burn divides the twa, ye ken.

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • Because they know that though it's still daylight, and everythin's or'nary and quiet ... to-day will be the same as all the other days, and come to an end, and it'll be night ....

    Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts Emlyn Williams 1946

  • "Ain't they just or'nary shapes?" asked Fuselli, half turning round.

    Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933

  • My Abner was sech a spendthrift that he'd throw away a day's market prices down at the or'nary, but he used to expect the money from a parcel of turkeys to keep me in clothes and medicines and doctor's bills, to say nothin 'of household linen an' groceries for the whole year round.

    The Miller of Old Church 1911

  • This or'nary is goin 'to be kept decent as long as I keep it.

    The Miller of Old Church 1911

  • I've told him so time and agin when he stopped at the or'nary.

    The Miller of Old Church 1911

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.