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
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Now speak and't be thy Will: good morrow Uncle.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb by Beaumont, Francis
The diligent spinner has a large shift; and now I have a sheep and a cow, everybody bids me good morrow.'
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I by Lodge, Henry Cabot
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 Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von
As I was going o'er Westminster bridge, I met with a Westminster scholar; He pulled off his cap, an' drew off his glove, And wished me a very good morrow.
From Pinafore Palace by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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