botheration

Example Sentences

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A certain amount of fuss was his duty; but the sooner he could find an excuse to wash his hands of these human botherations and get back to his inner life the better.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

And what are the pleasures of towns and streets and hotels and servants, and such botherations to those of a sweet old farm that is all your own somewhere?

From Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon by Caine, Hall, Sir

If Hawtrey came out in a rash over all his clients' botherations," said the Earl, "he would very soon be in a state of confluent smallpox.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

I hope it's all honour and kudos and pleasantness, without a tax of botherations.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

Never you mind that, Larry," said Kinaley, a discharged soldier, who had been through all the campaigns of the Peninsula; "never mind, I say, such botherations.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828 by Various