mayhap
Origin of mayhap
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How to use mayhap in a sentence
And then mayhap you'll tell me if your Pitt was ever half so eloquent.
The Bronze Eagle | Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyAnd 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.
Little Folks (November 1884) | VariousIf ye'd listened to yer London doctor at first, mayhap ye wouldn't have had to travel from Euston in an invalid's carriage.
The Regent | E. Arnold BennettWhy 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.
Camilla | Fanny BurneyThere is a place where the Prince says, "Fathers be alike, mayhap; mine hath not a doll's temper."
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for mayhap
/ (ˈmeɪˌhæp) /
an archaic word for perhaps
Origin of mayhap
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