mought
AmericanEtymology
Origin of mought
First recorded in 1550–1600
Example Sentences
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An' the Squair, he 'lowed ez the rescue war a crime ez mought make a jestice keerful how he tuk insufficient bail.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
It makes me feel the cold shakes when I 'members ez I mought not hev thunk 'bout'n it till 'twar too late.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
They mought ez well enjye the evenin' o' thar days with this foolishness o' politics ez enny other.'
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
An' I 'lowed ez mebbe they mought be the revenue devils, so I jes' made the boys lay low.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
The old man, he fixed the bail without so much dilly-dallyin' an' jouncin' 'roun' in his mind ez ye mought expec'.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
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