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dangersome

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Dangersome (adj) means Full of danger; risky.

adj

Full of danger; risky.

"“Roots. Bark. Horror. This sounds dangersome,” said Desdemona Cork as she helped herself to a pork rib. “I like it not and will have no part of it.”" — Karen Cushman, Grayling's Song (2016)

"Going after him now, with the train slowed down and everyone standing up to get off, would be a dangersome waste of time." — Lou Cameron, Stringer and the Hanging Judge (2012)

"I'll trust you, sir; but my work is dangersome, and please God I should get killed, will you do the same for Martha and little Nan?" — Hesba Stretton, Fern's Hollow (2012)

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