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Definition of Mess about
1. Verb. Be about. "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
Generic synonyms: Be
Specialized synonyms: Lurch, Prowl
Derivative terms: Lingerer, Loiterer, Lounger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mess About
Literary usage of Mess about
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zulu-English dictionary by John William Colenso (1884)
"... has had enough of a thing, been served a fine trick; be done for, be in for
it, &c.; be in trouble about a thing, be in a mess about it. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"mess about, v.—A term of common use, but difficult to define: as " I've been
doctoring and messing about wi' her ; " " They've sell'd and messed about; ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"mess about, v.—A term of common use, but difficult to define : as " I've been
doctoring and messing about wi' her ; " " They've sell'd and messed about ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"But he got himself into a mess about the police and the magistrates before he
had done, and nothing but the kindly feeling always shown to a first effort ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... 7 or 8 ft during the last month before sending to market It is advisable to
mix with the cooled mess about 2 ounces of salt per diem for each bullock. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and may rise to 7 or 8 ft during the last month before sending to market It
is advisable to mix with the cooked mess about 2 ounces of salt per diem for ..."
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