good morrow
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of good morrow
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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"Well. You'll want to talk with your friends, I expect. I'll bid you good morrow."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Renault, good morrow, for by this time I think the scale of night has turn'd the balance, And weighs up morning!
From Venice Preserved A Tragedy by Thomas Otway
Soon after they were gone, Loe came on deck, and bidding him good morrow, with many compliments, ordered the flag, the signal for consultation, to be hoisted.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
So I came quietly behind them and said, "Good night or good day or good morrow or good even, gentlemen: for tell me what hour it is that I may know how to greet ye."
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
"A good morrow, sweet lady," said the crone; "well, this is a pretty comfortable chamber:—you must have slept soundly."
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
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