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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See toller.

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Examples

  • En I tol 'Him I uz des' toler'ble, en He sont me roun 'ter de kitchin fur ter git wa'm.

    The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895

  • Between his readin 'uv his paper' nd his eatin 'plug terbacker he kep' toler'ble busy till come bedtime.

    Second Book of Tales Eugene Field 1872

  • He reckoned he 'd find things all right this time,' nd he went back to his bunk feelin 'toler'ble satisfied with himself.

    Second Book of Tales Eugene Field 1872

  • "Then you may take it he don't _require_ no message, bein 'toler'bly safe.

    The Mayor of Troy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • "Ye see, I hed got outside o 'the gate, an' Pig-wigs war a good ways behind, walkin 'toler'ble slow, bein' ez he hed ter kerry the grant in one hand an 'the deedie in t'other.

    Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

  • "Waal, wimmen - ef - ef - ef they air young an 'toler'ble hard-headed yit, air likely ter jaw some, ennyhow.

    In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

  • "Waal, wimmen -- ef -- ef -- ef they air young an 'toler'ble hard-headed _yit_, air likely ter jaw _some_, ennyhow.

    The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878

  • Lately, being more focused on the obscure, ancient Northern Italian languages previously mentioned, I've noticed a Venetic verb variously spelled toler, tolar or tuler, and translated as a 3ps form of 'to bring'.

    Etruscan tular and a Venetic look-alike 2010

  • Lately, being more focused on the obscure, ancient Northern Italian languages previously mentioned, I've noticed a Venetic verb variously spelled toler, tolar or tuler, and translated as a 3ps form of 'to bring'.

    Archive 2010-07-01 2010

  • Stil, az long az hyoomins keepp teh gushifud kummin, kittehs wil toler… tolur… put up wifm.

    Chuck Norris invented cheezburgers - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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