monish

Example Sentences

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"Vengeance is but de breath of de vind; it blow for you one day, it blow against you de next; de only real good is monish."

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

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

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

"Yees, Baxter, but za had not mooch monish wid zem."

From The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa by Stratemeyer, Edward

“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

"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)