monish

Example Sentences

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Mr Newland—it was all lent in monish, not in goods; you will not make me lose so much as dat?”

From Japhet in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

"I say first, petter all de boys put zair pursh into Van Holp's monish."

From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Dodge, Mary Mapes

"Vill you pay me my monish, Mr Newland, or vill you go to prison?"

From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

"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

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