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Definition of Orneriest
1. ornery [adj] - See also: ornery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orneriest
Literary usage of Orneriest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"Well, I reckon he was p'raps the orneriest-lookin' beast you ever see. One ear
was sot back on his neck, 'n' his tail, was stove up, 'n' his eye-winkers was ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"Well, I reckon he was p'raps the orneriest lookin' beast you ever see. One ear
was sot back on his neck, 'n' his tail was stove up, 'n' his eye-winkers was ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"Why, fin'ly she knowed the name o' the orneriest buck in the regiment as well as
she did the colonel's, and treated the both o' them alike, too: played no ..."
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