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botheration colloq.|bɒðəˈreɪʃən|
Formerly also bodderation.
[f. prec. + -ation.]
The act of bothering; petty vexation or annoyance; often used as an exclamation.
1797Sporting Mag. Mar. 342/1 After a long botheration..Mr. Lucius Concannon was convicted. 1801Southey in Life (1850) II. 138, I would fairly see it out, and witness the whole boderation. 1814J. Chalmers Let. in Life Chalmers I. 452 Formal visits and complimentary calls, and invitations and botherations of all sorts. 1819Abeillard & Hel. 18 As Pat says, Sure 'tis bodderation. 1841C. J. Lever C. O'Malley xv. 81 ‘It's for Counsellor Kinshella, below-stairs’... ‘Bethershin.’ 1847C. M. Yonge Scenes & Characters vii. 67 ‘Rachel is going away.’.. ‘Rachel! Rachel! botheration!’ roared Reginald. 1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. ii. 7, I for my own part, so left with paper and ink, and all taxes and botherations shut out from me. 1861Crt. Life at Naples 80 ‘Botheration!’ was the muttered reply. 1867G. Meredith R. Feverel xxiv. (1885) 183 The pipe that allayeth botheration. |