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Meaning of rurn | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

Pronunciation spelling of ruin.

Southern-US, alt-of, dialectal, including, pronunciation-spelling, uncommon

Examples

“"Now you put in one bay leaf, jist the one, mind, or ye'll rurn the whole damn bilin' of it!" —JUNIOR SAMPLES (Cooking twenty pounds of shrimp for a snack)”
“"Prob'ly 'bout rurned him." I don't say nothing, just stare at the ground. "Hell, would ye goddamn look at 'im? Turned 'isself inta a goddamn freak, all that goddamn metal in 'is face, all 'em tattoos 'bout eatin' 'im alahve."”
“A board'd float if it wutn't weighted down, so sometimes they put a clean rock on a short board or plate on top a the food down inside of a churn jar to hold it down 'nunder th' salt water or vinegar so it woutn't rurn (ruin).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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