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Plaguey

adverb
1.
In a disagreeable manner.  Synonyms: plaguily, plaguy.






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"Plaguey" Quotes from Famous Books



... loafing in their tents and in the shade of the few cottonwoods, until the sun should set. Everything was peaceful—and plaguey hot. Then a sentry's musket gave the alarm signal; he shouted and pointed; the sergeant of the guard ran; from the tents officers and soldiers boiled out, or sprang to their feet, in the shade; bathers in the river plashed for their clothes; and the men on herd ...
— Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters • Edwin L. Sabin

... Well, brother, without many words, there was a regular scrimmage. The Hindity mush came at me, the Hindity mushi at y my juwa, and the Hindity chaves at my chai. It didn't last long, brother. In less than three minutes I had hit the Hindity mush, who was a plaguey big fellow, but couldn't fight, just under the point of the chin, and sent him to the ground with all his senses gone. My juwa had almost scratched an eye out of the Hindity mushi, and my chai had sent the Hindity childer scampering over the green. 'Who has got to quit now?' said I to the Hindity ...
— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow



Words linked to "Plaguey" :   vexing, plague, epidemic, disagreeable



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