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Definition of Skeered
1. skeer [v] - See also: skeer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skeered
Literary usage of Skeered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Candle-lightin' Timeby Paul Laurence Dunbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1901)
"Angels is a-mindin* you, my baby, Keepin' off de Bad Man in de night. Whut de
use o* bein' skeered o' nuffin' ? You don* fink de da'kness gwine to bite ? ..."
2. Sing the South: Poems by Judd Mortimer Lewis (1905)
"... skeered. Stayin' home o' Liza nights, Gee! but I do squall When the ...
the lights Dances on the wall; An' when I git skeered she says, Liza does: "Say! ..."
3. A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration, 1865-1868 by John Townsend Trowbridge (1868)
"Dem's de on'y wu'ds I spoke; but he was so skeered he never spoke at all. ...
A big fellow like you tell about being skeered! " said the young Rebel. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Whut yo' skeered ob whin dey ain't no ghosts? ... Den whut am yo' skeered ob ?"
ask he ma. "Nuffin'," say' de HT black boy whut he name is Mose; ..."
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