rurn

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).”

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