Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lodging; entertainment for man and beast. Scott.
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Examples
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Utterly disgraceful it is and myself not much longer up-putting with it am being!
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"Mr. Sampson," she cried, "it is the most extraordinary thing in the world wide, that you have free up-putting in this house, -- bed, board, washing, and twelve pounds sterling a year just to look after that boy, -- and here you have let him out of your sight for three hours at a time!"
Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett
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We succeeded in realising a much better up-putting, for the same money, in the house of a Mrs. Miles and Mrs. Page, - English people,
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'We had miserable up-putting,' the diary continues, 'and on both sides of the ferry much anxiety of mind.
Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Had I remained at my own lap-broad, the profits of my day's work would have been over and above for the maintenance of my family, outside and inside; instead of which, I have been at the expense of a cart-hire and a horse's up-putting, let alone
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Had I remained at my own lapbroad, the profits of my day's work would have been over and above for the maintenance of my family, outside and inside; instead of which, I have been at the expense of a cart-hire and a horse's up-putting, let alone
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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‘Mr. Sampson,’ said she, upon his entrance, ‘is it not the most extraordinary thing in this world wide, that you, that have free up-putting — bed, board, and washing — and twelve pounds sterling a year, just to look after that boy, should let him out of your sight for twa or three hours?’
Guy Mannering 1815
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'Mr. Sampson,' said she, upon his entrance, 'is it not the most extraordinary thing in this world wide, that you, that have free up-putting -- bed, board, and washing -- and twelve pounds sterling a year, just to look after that boy, should let him out of your sight for twa or three hours?'
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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'Mr. Sampson,' said she, upon his entrance, 'is it not the most extraordinary thing in this world wide, that you, that have free up-putting -- bed, board, and washing -- and twelve pounds sterling a year, just to look after that boy, should let him out of your sight for twa or three hours?'
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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'Mr. Sampson,' said she, upon his entrance, 'is it not the most extraordinary thing in this world wide, that you, that have free up-putting -- bed, board, and washing -- and twelve pounds sterling a year, just to look after that boy, should let him out of your sight for twa or three hours?'
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
qms commented on the word up-putting
Initial contact can be fraught
When trust and his friendship are sought.
To establish your footing
Request an up-putting,
For begging a favor flatters a Scot.
July 7, 2015