Timbersome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of timorsome. alt-of, obsolete

    "“Well,” continued the other, “the squire ordered him to be taken in; for he is a timbersome man everybody knows, and was afraid of drawing himself into a scrape […]"

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"“Well,” continued the other, “the squire ordered him to be taken in; for he is a timbersome man everybody knows, and was afraid of drawing himself into a scrape […]"

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