monish

Example Sentences

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"Vengeance is but de breath of de vind; it blow for you one day, it blow against you de next; de only real good is monish."

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

"Yees, Baxter, but za had not mooch monish wid zem."

From The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa by Stratemeyer, Edward

I don't want my monish, my good sar.

From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

"Nix, Doctor; I pays no monish till I knows where am I sick," and she abruptly left the room.

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)

Don't you see dat de monish is not in my pockets.

From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Abrams, Alex St. Clair