mester
Britishnoun
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master: used as a term of address for a man who is the head of a house
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a term for the devil, used when speaking to children
Example Sentences
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“Nay, mester, I can always get plenty if I like to wuck.”
From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville
"It wasna fear, mester," was the answer he received; "or at least it wasna fear for mysen'."
From "Seth" by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
“Nay, nay, don’t you go backslidin’ and thinking such a thing as that, mester.
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by Cooper, A.W.
Moother said we was to come and ax your pardon, mester.
From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville
Was it thou as set the big trap ketched my mester by the leg?”
From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville
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