onery

And I, sharing their narrow lives, began to understand the true significance of the word 'onery' as applied to us by our more prosperous and ofttimes just exasperated neighbors.

The Statesmen Snowbound Robert Fitzgerald

How sinister, how "onery" Slim looked even in death.

The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart 1916

"But I'd like to clean up this bunch of 'onery' Yaquis, and then get back on the job.

The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis Willard F. Baker

Yesterday at theGoodDans, I was feeling particularily onery.

miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2005

Aunt Thelma dies. onery old bat that she was, she sits in whatever design god made for the wonderful old bats of the universe ... she sits and laughs her ass of at us, drinking her beer and smoking her raleigh unfiltered ciggies.

dragonwench Diary Entry dragonwench 2002

He seemed as onery and playful and mischievious and noisy as any puppy which makes me wonder what he would have been like without months of obience training.

badger Diary Entry badger 2002

"I'm goin 'to sneak around an' see if I can't connect with the onery skunk that's doin 'the shootin'."

The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers Willard F. Baker

Yo's got some fairly-middlin'-good ones hyer, "and Jess nodded toward the stalls," but dey's just de onery class, not de quality.

Peggy Stewart at School

Here we all were in peace and quiet, and Mr. Merkel was entertainin 'his friends, when up rides a bunch of onery

The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders Willard F. Baker

"But you can't fight Hank Fisher, Del Pinzo and that onery gang of Greasers and Mexicans!"

The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X Willard F. Baker