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Synonyms for fettle

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fet-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛt l

Définition of fettle

Origin :
  • "condition, state, trim," c.1750, Lancashire dialect, from fettle (v.) "to make ready, arrange" (14c.), perhaps from Old English fetel "a girdle, belt," from Proto-Germanic *fatiloz (cf. German fessel "fetter, chain," Old Norse fetill "strap, brace"), from *fat- "to hold."
  • noun spirits
Example sentences :
  • And they will keep in this fettle until they get off the Horn.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • The gunners and swabbers were putting their cannon in fettle below decks.
  • Extract from : « The Black Buccaneer » by Stephen W. Meader
  • "Faith, an' it's my mither's ain son that could fettle that," said the curate.
  • Extract from : « The Men of the Moss-Hags » by S. R. Crockett
  • With them gals to hender us we ain't a-going to be in no fettle for a skimper-scamper race with a fresh wheen o' the redskins.
  • Extract from : « The Master of Appleby » by Francis Lynde
  • The meetings were only memorable when Tammas Haggart was in fettle, to pronounce judgments in his well-known sarcastic way.
  • Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie
  • That's a match some old cats would lap tea all night to fettle up.'
  • Extract from : « A Diversity of Creatures » by Rudyard Kipling
  • One branch of my duty is to fettle your horse; and in Flamborough they fettle them on stale fish.
  • Extract from : « Mary Anerley » by R. D. Blackmore
  • Theer's gude years ahead o' yon dogs, but I've na mind to gi' 'em the wark they need to keep 'em in fettle.
  • Extract from : « Connie Morgan in Alaska » by James B. Hendryx
  • These were nebulous questions, but I was in fettle for anything; boat-stealing was a bagatelle.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
  • Being across the Umganie with Monyosi and his dog one day in search of buck, I found the elephants in very bad “fettle.”
  • Extract from : « Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa » by Alfred W. Drayson

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