mistal
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of mistal
C17: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Bet, Lib, and Maudlin hurry and crowd into the mistal unheedingly.
From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Bottomley, Gordon
He'd tak a turn round t' croft, an' then he'd set off wi' his budget to t' mistal to milk t' cows.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William
So at last, when I'd fmished my milking i' the mistal, I got him to bed, and then I sat misen down by the fire and had a reet good roar.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William
Noa, but as aw wor telling thi, aw'd been i'th' mistal, an' aw went into th' kitchen for a bit o' summat to ait.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
A narrow track led to it, through the gaps, slantwise, from the gate of the mistal.
From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May
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