Both Uses
meddle
in
Treasure Island
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- I thought this made it still more dangerous; yet the strain was so heavy that I half feared to meddle.†
Chpt 27 *meddle = interfere (in another's affairs or business); or handle (something that shouldn't be handled)
- And you're the last above board of that same meddling crew; and you have the Davy Jones's insolence to up and stand for cap'n over me—you, that sank the lot of us!†
Chpt 29meddling = interfering (in another's affairs or business); or handling (something that shouldn't be handled)
Definitions:
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(1)
(meddle) interfere (in another's affairs or business)
or:
get involved with something where involvement isn't warranted - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)