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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Me lack-a de monish pour de feene—very feene—French knack, de feene gold button, de brave bugla lace, a de feene gold ring-a.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
"I suppose you ish satisfied dat te monish ain't here."
From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex St. Clair Abrams
I don't want my monish, my good sar.
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
"It vas in de same sthyle dat you vent on dis morning, ven you vas begging me, and den you afterwards shtole my monish."
From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex St. Clair Abrams
Somebody has taken te monish, and, py Cot!
From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex St. Clair Abrams
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