mooney

Example Sentences

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Rabbits be safe 'nough from me now,' 'e says, an' drops his daffs all unknowin' like an' goes off at a mooney stride.

From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916 by Various

"Oh, yes, nice enough—but mooney," said Mrs. Ray.

From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne

And if you see a he one, you see a mooney sort of man, either very sad, or so wild-looking you think he is half-mad; he eats and sleeps on earth, and that's all.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

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

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