mooney

Example Sentences

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There were days when Mr. Ray would upset everything, from the beehives to his second wife's baby—those were his mooney days.

From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne

Well, if you ask me," said Mrs. Ray, "I can't make him out, and I think she's mooney.

From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne

Here, too, the bride's trustee; an oilcake-fed style of business-gentleman with mooney spectacles, and an object of much interest.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

Bob came back tall, lanky, grinny, and rather dumb, and he found John undersized, wiry, masterful, and rather mooney, but strong and purposeful, for a boy.

From A Certain Rich Man by White, William Allen

“Ay, and my tools, and a bit o’ mooney I’d saved, and all my stoof.

From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by Fenn, George Manville