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Answer for the clue "Spam, e.g. ", 6 letters:
bother

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Word definitions for bother in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself , trouble , inconvenience oneself ] cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a spot of bother (= some problems ) ▪ I’ve been having a spot of bother with my car. save sb the trouble/bother (of doing sth) ▪ I’ll get a taxi from the station to save you the trouble of coming to collect me. Sorry ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bother \Both"er\, v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. Without bothering about it. --H. James.

Usage examples of bother.

New Orleans, simply clothed in homespun cotton striped red and blue, abysmally poor and surrounded by swarms of children who all seemed to bear names like Nono and Vev6 and Bibi, cheerfully selling powdered file and alligator hides and going away again without bothering, like the Americans did, to sample the delights of the big city.

Cloud snorted and the other horses acted bothered, but the ambient was otherwise quiet, and Cloud settled to being brushed again, rocking gently to the strong strokes Danny put into it.

Yo mun leearn to tak nowt as a bother, An' to yor own comforts be blind.

You probably spent the morning practicing Solar Pool and dreaming about anachronistic distaff apparel, and never bothered to keep up with world events.

Irritably, Colette put the trout in the fridge, cleaned the fennel, made vinaigrette for the avocados, and decided to eat the apricots as they were, without bothering to make tart crust.

I waited for an opportunity to talk, I had second thoughts about these things that bothered me and this feeling that Asad Khalil was trying keys to the elevator about now.

Et Avian turned, stooped, and crawled from the tent, not bothering to put on his helmet, anger providing sufficient heat to get him to his own tent.

When Azar turned her head away, he wondered if his appearace bothered her.

Just as the beeper vibrates again for the second installment, but Nathan, not bothering, rebuttons his jacket.

CHAPTER XII TOOLS OF MURDER SUCH big men of murder as Itch Fendel and Marcus Beld never bothered with performing the actual kill themselves.

It was only at this point that Jemima recognised the voice of Randall Birley, since he had never bothered to announce his identity.

They did not even bother to heave the Biter to, just handed spokes to bring her to the shake, so cranky was she under bodged-up head sails a jury staysail instead of fore course and her brig sail Shockhead was popular but men died, that was the general attitude: he should have kept his eyes aloft, and not sailed with such a drunken crew.

Herrac, here, was setting out to kidnap an envoy and a chest of gold belonging to the King of Scotland, without even having bothered to check with his fellow Borderers, to see if they would help in the battle that was planned to result from the kidnapping.

Dave were swearing their heads off as they spoke with her and he knew that was what was bothering him.

One of her twin daughters was unable to talk to her about what was bothering her and something was definitely bothering her, she knew.