Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To disturb.
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Examples
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"Nobody's going to jump through that tree and 'sturb 'em, so I don't s'pose they'll' sturb us.
Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco George Manville Fenn 1870
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Vnd wolt och got nit, das er kaines andren todes sturb.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Dennis i was on youtube looking at the commercials and someone stated that at the end of all the commercials when they show why the movie has a PG-13 rating all of the i's are missing so it reads v olence, terror and d sturb ng mages
Cloverfield TV Commercial #7 - Their Only Hope Is Each Other Dennis 2007
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Dey would kindle 'em a big fire for light and to keep 'em warm, off clost to de woods, whar deir racket wouldn't 'sturb de white folks, and dey would gather' roun 'dat fire and pray.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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I ain't a worryin ''bout but one thing an' that is that a ol 'dominicker hen air took ter settin' on the flo 'er our coach an' I'm kinder hatin 'ter' sturb her when she feels so nice an 'homelike.
The Comings of Cousin Ann Emma Speed Sampson 1907
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"I hope the fuss these young folks kick up ain't gonter 'sturb you none," he said as he opened the door and shrieks of gay laughter floated up from the hall below.
The Comings of Cousin Ann Emma Speed Sampson 1907
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"I'm awful sorry, Miss Greene, but we'll have to 'sturb you."
Many Kingdoms Elizabeth Garver Jordan 1907
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"I hate to 'sturb you, but she done crack her doll's head, an' she's takin 'on so, I can't do nuffin 't all wif her."
Mr. Opp Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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'Twon't do fur no strange folks to tech him nor' sturb him, lessen dey know how.
A Virginia girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865, by ed. Myrta Lockett Avary 1903
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An 'you need n' 'sturb yo'se'f 'bout dem folks 'cross de street, fer dey ain't yo' kin ', an' you+'re wastin 'yo' time both'in 'yo' min 'wid 'em, er wid folks w'at comes on de street on account of' em.
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