dangersome
Example Sentences
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No," answered Fortner, "but we're a-comin' ter what is every bit an' grain ez dangersome.
From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John
In sich scrapes, ’taint the beginnin’ but the eend as is dangersome.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
I'll trust you, sir; but my work is dangersome, and please God I should get killed, will you do the same for Martha and little Nan?'
From Fern's Hollow by Stretton, Hesba
We’re now on the biggest o’ all oceans, an’ if we stood on the wrong tack, we might niver set eyes on land—or only to be cast away on some dangersome shore.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
It's moor coomfortable wi' me, and it's main dangersome to handle on the half-cock.
From Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation by Harte, Bret
