monish

Example Sentences

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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)

"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 Abrams, Alex St. Clair

“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 Marryat, Frederick

Mishter Morkum, he say I was haf de monish.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram