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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sir .
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Examples
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Paddock couldn't learn to call me 'sir,' but he 'sirred' Scudder as if his life depended on it.
The Man who Died 1915
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Teter laughed at being "sirred," and went off, feeling quite pleased with himself.
Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia Joseph Finnemore 1881
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It was almost more than waif-and-stray human nature could stand to be respectfully "sirred" by a
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure 1859
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I mistered him and sirred him no longer, washed no more greasy pots, and peeled no more potatoes.
Chapter 9 2010
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Since I haven't read the story, this is just an opinion, but the killing of children might be inspired by the fact lions kill cubs not sirred by themselves.
"The Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree Jr. Abigail Nussbaum 2006
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‘Sir’, but he ‘sirred’ Scudder as if his life depended on it.
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The draconians around Kang all "Yes, sirred," but it seemed to him that their voices were distinctly lacking in enthusiasm.
The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996
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The draconians around Kang all "Yes, sirred," but it seemed to him that their voices were distinctly lacking in enthusiasm.
The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996
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The draconians around Kang all "Yes, sirred," but it seemed to him that their voices were distinctly lacking in enthusiasm.
The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996
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The draconians around Kang all "Yes, sirred," but it seemed to him that their voices were distinctly lacking in enthusiasm.
The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996
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