mongst

or 'mongst

[ muhngst ]

preposition

Origin of mongst

1
Aphetic variant of amongst

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How to use mongst in a sentence

  • I've been 'mongst 'em, naow, they hyar last tew weeks, 'n' I allow I've had my eyes opened ter some things.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • As for Mr. Hinton, one and all we welcome him amid our mongst.

    Mr. Opp | Alice Hegan Rice
  • I wonder'f'mongst all they've learned to do, anybody ever showed 'em how to braid or hook 'em a nice mat.

    Betty Leicester | Sarah Orne Jewett
  • Curious you ain't tuck notice of de signs of de times ez dey's been expounded 'mongst de people by Doct' Duvall.

    Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. Cobb
  • On the other hand, The'dore made more or less of a muddle on't, an' 'mongst 'em they set him up in the bankin' bus'nis.

    David Harum | Edward Noyes Westcott

British Dictionary definitions for 'mongst

'mongst

/ (mʌŋst) /


preposition
  1. a poetic word for among

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