Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board; be an uninvited and unwelcome guest; sponge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Scot. To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, dated to
impose upon another for food andlodging .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When Charles V invades Italy, the powers that be sent Catherine to a convent where she is treated miserably, hair sorn, forced to pray all day, starved of food.
Scandalous Women in Fiction: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010
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When Charles V invades Italy, the powers that be sent Catherine to a convent where she is treated miserably, hair sorn, forced to pray all day, starved of food.
Archive 2010-06-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010
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D'ye think my maister can let the like o 'you sorn on him, week in, week oot, like a mawk on a sheep's hurdie?
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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But there's a pack of rascals 'ill sorn on their father as lang as he's livin', and they
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878
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Kaatiee wrote: "hey love; we just heard what happened from your dad. rest in peace (L) never forget the brill days at sorn primary! love katie and sam."
unknown title 2009
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If I had the twa tawpies that sorn upon the honest man ae week under my drilling, I think I wad show them how to sort a lodging!”
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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-- If I had the twa tawpies that sorn upon the honest man ae week under my drilling, I think I wad show them how to sort a lodging! "
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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To obtain food, lodging, etc, from others by taking advantage of their generosity; to impose in order to obtain hospitality; sponge.
April 17, 2017