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View synonyms for mayhap
mayhap
[ mey-hap, mey-hap ]
mayhap
/ ˈmeɪˌhæp /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mayhap1
First recorded in 1530–40; short for it may hap
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mayhap1
C16: shortened from it may hap
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Example Sentences
And then mayhap you'll tell me if your Pitt was ever half so eloquent.
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And you little maiden, take an old man's warning, and look before you leap, as mayhap I and Jowler may not be anigh next time.
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If ye'd listened to yer London doctor at first, mayhap ye wouldn't have had to travel from Euston in an invalid's carriage.
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Why now this one here, as does all his larning to satisfaction just now, mayhap won't do nothing at all by an hour or two.
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There is a place where the Prince says, "Fathers be alike, mayhap; mine hath not a doll's temper."
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