dangersome
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So, Phoebe, gal, gi’e me yar word to keep dark, for de case am a dangersome, an a desprit one.”
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
"What he clumb arter?" questioned the other negro; "hit's mighty dangersome gittin' up trees when dey got sleet 'pon 'em."
From Princess by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland
Ter make sure all on us must start with hit, fur gittin' through the lines is now mouty dangersome, an' somebody—mebbe several—is bound to git cotcht, mebbe wuss.
From The Red Acorn by John McElroy
"Water ain't dangersome, nowise," retorted the elderly Persimmon, with a snarling smile.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree
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 Mayne Reid
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