"Ornery" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Tom's fault he couldn't make a livin' by his trade. Thar was sca'cely any money in that kentry. Every man had to do his own tinkerin', an' keep everlastin'ly at work to git enough to eat. So Tom tuk up some land. It was mighty ornery land, but it was the best Tom could git, when he hadn't much ...
— The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln • Wayne Whipple
... children, as he would at any home, till the time when petty persecutions culminated in all the rude youngsters calling him vile names and throwing stones at him, and the father standing by and drawling out, "Give it to him, the ornery critter!" ...
— The Transformation of Job - A Tale of the High Sierras • Frederick Vining Fisher
... I ain't. You see, Mick, that handsome lady you're going to lick the stuffing out of me about is only a plumb ornery sassy young boy, ...
— Bucky O'Connor • William MacLeod Raine |
