dangersome
Example Sentences
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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
People lived in them yet, but it was dangersome, because sometimes a strip of land as wide as a house caves in at a time.
From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark
"What he clumb arter?" questioned the other negro; "hit's mighty dangersome gittin' up trees when dey got sleet 'pon 'em."
From Princess by McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway)
No," answered Fortner, "but we're a-comin' ter what is every bit an' grain ez dangersome.
From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John
