Stramming

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stram form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Big, monstrous; (of a lie) big, notorious. UK, dialectal

    "A gissing 'twas gret stramming lyes I suppoze. There's one of es pranks I shall always remembar, ('Twill be dree years agon come the ighth of Novembar,) I'd two purty young mabyers as eyes cou'd behould, So fat as the butter, just iteen weeks ould[…]"

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"A gissing 'twas gret stramming lyes I suppoze. There's one of es pranks I shall always remembar, ('Twill be dree years agon come the ighth of Novembar,) I'd two purty young mabyers as eyes cou'd behould, So fat as the butter, just iteen weeks ould[…]"

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