Both Uses
meddle
in
A Raisin in the Sun
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- I ain't meddling—(Underbreath; busy-bodyish) I just noticed all last week he had cold cereal, and when it starts getting this chilly in the fall a child ought to have some hot grits or something when he goes out in the coldRUTH: (Furious) I gave him hot oats—is that all right!†
Scene 1.1meddling = interfering (in another's affairs or business); or handling (something that shouldn't be handled)
- I ain't meddling.†
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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)