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  • past participle of spur.
  • past tense form of spur.
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spurred

[spurd] / spɜrd /


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Bimeby, we hear steps on de peazzer, en yer come a couple er young fellers wid strops on der shoulders, en der sodes a draggin' on de flo', en der spurrers a rattlin'.

From Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings by Harris, Joel Chandler

Ye chariot-lords, ye spurrers of the steed, Shear close your horses' manes!

From Alcestis by Murray, Gilbert

I year der hosses a-snort-in', en der spurrers a-jinglin'.

From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Harris, Joel Chandler

Every time he hump hisse'f Brer Rabbit slap de spurrers in 'im, en dar dey had it, up en down.

From Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings by Harris, Joel Chandler



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