upsot
English
Verb
upsot
- (poetic, nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of upset
- 1857, James Lord Pierpont, Jingle Bells
- He got into a drifted bank
- And we—we got upsot.
- 1857, James Lord Pierpont, Jingle Bells
Usage notes
- A 19th century contrivance to add rhyme and wit.
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