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Definition of Mansworn
1. perjured [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mansworn
Literary usage of Mansworn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and by Joseph William Jenks (1856)
"Sae gray a gate ! mansworn ! and a' the rest ! ... I take yo witness, Mause, ye
heard her say That I 'ln mansworn : — I winna let it gae ! MADGE. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"(Obs.) " Any brother calling another ' Scot,' or ' mansworn,' in malice, to
forfeit 6s. 8d., without any forgiveness."—Ordinary of Incorporated Company of ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"If I were to say what would please you, I would be mansworn. And even with that,
... And I would be mansworn." "Are you thinking of that man ? ..."
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