a mither or to be mithered with : agacer, énerver : If I kept on and on, my Mum would say - "Will you stop mithering me ? Can't you see I'm busy ?" - (Brummie usage).

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Language pair:English to French
Definition / notes:North West of England and Birmingham.

- Does anybody else use the phrase - 'mithering' - as in being bothered over something ? Nobody seems to understand me down here.


- Yes, I get mithered in Birmingham...

- My grandmother used to say I mithered her.

Of course, I didn't, I was a delightful child!
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