jeopard

Example Sentences

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It is clearly a dialect form of jeopard, and I make no doubt that juberous is a dialect variation of jeopardous, occasionally used as a form of dubious.

From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward

For the thing that folk sore long for, they will make many shifts to get and jeopard themselves for.

From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica

They called it "a sore adventure to jeopard ships with men and goods unto the said island, upon the singular trust of one man, called, as they understood, Sebastian."

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

Hardly, my dear friend, for I fear that on deck you would give way to your own individual prejudices against me, and do something that would jeopard my interest in the premises.

From Stand By The Union by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)

"That fear, I hope, is removed; and as for my presence here, one word briefly spoken, and it shall not longer jeopard your safety."

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton