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| Photo taken on I-26 Tennessee/North Carolina border |
Do you use any of these words or have you heard them used before?
Dirt Dobber--noun--Mud Wasp
Fire Dogs--noun--Andirons
Nabs--noun--Cheese crackers filled with peanut butter
No account--adj--worthless. "He is no account."
Partial--adj--To be partial to anything means to like it. "I am very partial to rhubarb pie."
Peart--adj--lively, feeling well, in good spirits. "You are looking acting peart today!"
Peaked--adj--looking sickly, pale. Pronounce it with two syllables "Peak ed". "John was looking a mite peaked last night."
Wool, Wooling--adj--rubbing, rumpling hair or tousling . "Stop wooling that kitten to death!"
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I use them all-except fire dogs-but I do know what that means : )
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way, Tipper. I have heard them called "fire dogs" but we always called them andirons.
ReplyDeleteWe called them dog-irons and mud-daubbers. But I heard all the other terms were used frequently by the older folks.
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