monish
Example Sentences
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And vere's all de monish ve thought good as made In other thmall vays of rethpectable trade, Such as lodgin' and board for de tars to provide, And p'raps a few thlight 'commodations bethide?
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
"Vill you pay me my monish, Mr Newland, or vill you go to prison?"
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
"You had bettair make up your mind to pay ze monish," said Captain Villaire, after a painful pause.
From The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa by Edward Stratemeyer
"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
Mishter Morkum, he say I was haf de monish.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
