monish
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of monish
1250–1300; Middle English monisshen, probably aphetic variant of amonisshen to admonish
Example Sentences
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"Vill you pay me my monish, Mr Newland, or vill you go to prison?"
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
"Yees, Baxter, but za had not mooch monish wid zem."
From The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa by Edward Stratemeyer
I don't want my monish, my good sar.
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
"I say first, petter all de boys put zair pursh into Van Holp's monish."
From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
“But what is that to be?” interrupted I. “It will be to promise to pay me my monish and only fifteen per shent, when you come into your own.”
From Japhet in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
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