monish
Example Sentences
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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 Alex St. Clair Abrams
"Veil, I vill puy te pedstead," he said, and then enquired: "How much monish do you vant for it?"
From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex St. Clair Abrams
“But what is that to be?” interrupted I. “It will be to promise to pay me my monish and only fifteen per shent, when you come into your own.”
From Japhet in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
"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 W. W. (William Wallace) Denslow
"I can't say dat Mr. Elder vould take it," observed Mr. Swartz, "and all I remember now dat you didn't come anyvere near de safe, I can't tink who could have taken the monish."
From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex St. Clair Abrams