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Definition of Bothering
1. bother [v] - See also: bother
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bothering
Literary usage of Bothering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of Celia Thaxter by Celia Thaxter (1895)
"I am ashamed to be so stupid, but so many little cares come bothering me and
taking what little sense I had. Pardon your loving SANDPIPER. ..."
2. More Mornings at Bow Street: A New Collection of Humorous and Entertaining by John Wight (1827)
"80 they locked her up with her reputed husband, and Mr. Theophilus Macdonald
departed in peace. .,::.. .• bothering THE CAUSE. , ,.. M#SSBS. ..."
3. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, C M Westmacott (1805)
"THE ART OF bothering. [From the Morning Poft.] ' MR. EDITOR, AS it too frequently
happens, that, by an over-zeal to give minute directions, ..."
4. The Home Maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"... the doctors had given him up as a bad job, and for his part he could'nt see
the use of bothering with dead men when so many live fellows wanted you. ..."
5. My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience by Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1890)
"... and Dead robbed on the Field of Battle — Plucky Fellow — "They couldn't be
bothering with us" — "Afraid to die I" — "Send for a Methodist Minister! ..."
6. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century by Leslie Stephen (1904)
"Outside the polished circle of wits we have the middle-class which is beginning
to read, and will read, what it really likes without bothering about ..."
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