moity
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of moity
Example Sentences
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The charitable Welshman divided with the bookseller the salary given to Leonard, and left a quarter of his moity in advance.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
Arise, and take place by vs; halfe your Suit Neuer name to vs; you haue halfe our power: The other moity ere you aske is giuen, Repeat your will, and take it Queen.
From Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William
The death of Anthony Is not a single doome, in the name lay A moity of the world Dec.
From Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare, William
I hav no doubt but that the human hart kontains all the pure attributes that the angels possess, but no single human hart kontains even a moity ov them.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
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