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  mongst

  preposition

  amongst.
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  'mongst

  preposition

  a poetic word for among

mongst

American  

[muhngst] / mʌŋst /

Or 'mongst

preposition

1. amongst.

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'mongst British  

/ mʌŋst /

preposition

1. a poetic word for among

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Etymology

Origin of mongst

Aphetic variant of amongst

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Example Sentences

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mongst 'mongst

Dey was kin' an' went 'bout mongst de slaves a-lookin' after 'em.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives by Work Projects Administration

So there thou livest, singing evermore, And here thou livest, being ever song Of us, which living loved thee afore, And now thee worship mongst that blessed throng 340 Of heavenlie poets and heroës strong.

From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser

I know two men, that seem two innocents, Whose lookes, surveied with iuditiall eyes, Would seeme to beare the markes of honestie; But snakes finde harbour mongst the fairest flowers, Then never credit outward semblaunces.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

Fayre fell good Orpheus, that would rather be             King of a mole hill, then a Keysars slaue:             Better it is mongst fidlers to be chiefe,             Then at plaiers trencher beg reliefe.

From Bacon is Shake-Speare by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence

While the old folk were working the larger young uns mongst the children would take care of the little ones.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

XTC's arrangements are intricate, almost to the point of baroque if you like, and they play 'em with a precision quite unprecedented 'mongst punks.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2013

“Not the common sense of a quill pig ’mongst the lot of them.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

I saw two heads peeking out from ’mongst the green behind the maple ’bout fifty yards off.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Then, if the new-free folks say they want to live in the Settlement, everyone decides where they’ll stay till they get their own place and get comforted ’bout being ’mongst us.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

I was beginning to think the rep-a-tation the sheriff had ’mongst folks was wrong.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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