ownest

Example Sentences

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If thou hadst done this thing thou ownest to, it had gone better with thee than now, when thou standest a liar and boaster in a filthy cause.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

I will tell my ownest father when he comes back.

From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.

Was our own, ownest mother the least like Aunt Agnes?'

From Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief by Rainey, W. (William)

But from thenceforth forever you shall be my very ownest Prince, sharer of my kingdom of flowers.

From The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers by Brown, Abbie Farwell

But what's the use of having one's own lovely mother if she isn't just one's ownest sometimes?

From For the Sake of the School by Brazil, Angela