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fitten - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun A pretense or feint.
To tell falsehoods; draw the long bow; invent fictions.
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Always in their eyes, however, she was a woman, and no woman was "fitten " to teach school.
The Heart of the Hills John Fox 1891
May 4, 2008 at 1:34 am ai wroted teh pome 4 teh wiki, sew ai brotz it heer 2…seamz fitten 4 dis tiem ub yeer
Hi-efishunzy edishun - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
Oar a re-fitten of a rew awlreddeh in it? kerrykatz4 says:
table mannerz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
The foe things your niggerhead needs to be fitten for the Big Water.
Finnegans Wake 2006
“By doen work fitten fer a mule—an th youngens growen up knowen nothen but work,” he said.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
'Mr. Symes,' says he, ('Twas cur'ous, his name was Cap'n Symes, an 'my name was Mister Symes, but we warn't neither kith nor kin),' Mr. Symes, 'says he,' it's a-bloawin 'right smart peart, an' I don't see fitten for to lower. '
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
'Mr. Symes,' says he, 'it's a bloawin' right smart peart, and I don't see fitten for to lower. '
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
'Mr. Symes,' says he, 'it's a-bloawin' right smart peart, an 'I don't see fitten for to lower.'
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
Dey said it were fitten an 'proper, an' I kept it eber sence.
Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road Victor [pseud.] Appleton
"She's fitten to go like a match all along when she bumps --"
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various
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