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- verb poetic Alternative form of
upset . - verb poetic, transitive To
tip oroverturn (something).
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Examples
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I did hammer him, wasn't "upsot," and bought Clodhopper.
Confessions of an Etonian I. E. M.
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She remembers the days of war, how when the battle of Atlanta was raging they heard the distant rumble of cannon, and how "upsot" they all were.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Iffn hee gitz upsot abowt taht, tehn himz traiin tew pul a fass wun.
Oh, I say! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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When she give her hand at partin 'an' says, "Thank you for bein 'so kind to me," he couldn't say a single word in answer, he were so bashful an 'upsot.
Smethurstses 1995
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"Some scamp of a fellow followed her all the way home an 'it's upsot her."
Smethurstses 1995
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Things are a bit upsot, as if she'd gone off in a hurry, an 'he finds a little letter on the table as says, "I've gone to the Bonnys', dear Joe -- it was so lonesome without you. "
Smethurstses 1995
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An 'de train rocks so, laik a cradle, dat I done most upsot ebery time.
The Bobbsey Twins at Home Laura Lee Hope
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They used a lot of peachtree leaves too for fever, and when the stomach got upsot we'd crush the leaves, pour water over them and wouldn't let them drink any other kind of water 'till they wuz better.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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I'm old enough to be yer grandfather, so ye needn't git upsot at what I say.
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When Parson John is dug out of snow-banks every week, when his sleigh gits upsot an 'throws' im into the ditch, no one outside the parish ever hears of it.
The Fourth Watch 1910
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