right smart
Definition of right smart
chiefly Midland
: considerable large a right smart distance
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Origin and Etymology of right smart
3right + smart
right smart
Definition of right smart
South & Midland
: a large amount, number, or quantity : a good deal suffered a right smart with a misery in his side — Elizabeth M. Roberts she'll leave him a right smart when she passes on — Lonnie Coleman
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right smart
Definition of right smart
South & Midland
: considerably very the hill there … is right smart steeper than the side we were on — Alder Jernigan
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