Lexicographical Neighbors of Fewtrils
Literary usage of Fewtrils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"fewtrils, sb. little things. In Burns' Address to a Louse this is given ...
Peg had hur hoppet ov hur arm wi her odd fewtrils l857' in'L Jaunt to see th ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"fewtrils, sb. little things. In Burns' Address to a Louse this is given "fatt'rels,"
and in the glossary is described as "ribbon- ends " : — Now haud ye ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1881)
"fewtrils. Little things ; trifles. Lane. FEY. (1) The upper soil. Staff. Also,
to cast it off, or remove it. (2) To discharge blood. North. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"fewtrils. Little things ; trifles. Lane. FEY. (1) The upper soil. Staff. Also,
to cast it off, or remove it. 2) To discharge blood. ..."
5. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"fewtrils, trifles ; little things. I ha' paid to keep her awa' fra' me ; these
five year I ha' paid her ; I ha' gotten decent ..."
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