bore
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What indeed could invest human flesh with such terrors,—what but this? he was—he is—let me shriek it in your ear—a bore—a BORE! of the most malignant type; an intolerable, terrible, unmitigated BORE!
From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature by Various
Perplexity, confusion, or any thing else: a fashionable term that for a while succeeded that of BORE.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
Nine-tenths of human existence were summed up in the single word, BORE.
From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
THE BORE: The Duke has a long arm!
From Cyrano De Bergerac by Guillemard, Mary F.
THE BORE: But I was careful not to look--knew better.
From Cyrano De Bergerac by Guillemard, Mary F.
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