furrin
English
Adjective
furrin (comparative more furrin, superlative most furrin)
- Pronunciation spelling of foreign.
- 1882, Louisa M. Alcott, Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories[1]:
- I do relish the smart sayins, the odd ways of furrin parts, and the sarcastic slaps at folkses weak spots.
- 1877, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, Erema: Or My Father’s Sin […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- And the gutturals of that furrin English is always a little hard to catch.
- 1886 April – 1887 April, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, “Neither at Home”, in Springhaven. A Tale of the Great War. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1887, →OCLC, page 152:
- Not that my young gentleman is troublesome, mind you, only so full of them outlandish furrin ways--abideth all day long without ating ort, so different from a honest Englishman.