moon
noun
none the moon or the Moon the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2,160 miles (3,476 km).
mooner
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a word derived from
moon.
Example Sentences
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As the night’s bound to be a mooner, we can’t git too far from ’em.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
From being a tireless leader of revels, he became a mooner in secret places, a melancholy sigher in the wardroom.
From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
If you tread upon his ecclesiastical bunions he will give you either a dark mooner or an eye opener—we use these classical terms in a figurative sense.
From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus
The poet and the mooner would be no more secure from interruption in the centre of the Sahara than in Wall Street between ten and three o'clock.
From Friday, the Thirteenth by Lawson, Thomas William
