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Definition
interfere (in another's affairs or business); or handle (something that shouldn't be handled)
- I got the dishcloth, and rather spitefully scrubbed Edgar's nose and mouth, affirming it served him right for meddling.Chapter 7 (61% in)
- 'They won't meddle with persons who touch nothing,' he remarked, putting the bottle before me, and restoring the displaced table.Chapter 1 (87% in)
- The less you meddle with him the better.'Chapter 4 (25% in)
- 'You shall not meddle with him!'Chapter 9 (14% in)
- ' "I shall not meddle in the matter," I retorted again.Chapter 17 (38% in)
- She sometimes came into the kitchen all wildered like, and looked as if she would fain beg assistance; but I was not going to disobey the master: I never dare disobey him, Mrs. Dean; and, though I thought it wrong that Kenneth should not be sent for, it was no concern of mine either to advise or complain, and I always refused to meddle.Chapter 30 (19% in)
- The lands, being a minor, he could not meddle with.Chapter 30 (43% in)
- Joseph shuffled up and made a noise, but resolutely refused to meddle with him.Chapter 34 (79% in)
There are no more uses of "meddle" in Wuthering Heights.
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