mought
AmericanEtymology
Origin of mought
First recorded in 1550–1600
Example Sentences
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I tuk my rifle along,' he added, 'thinkin' I mought see suthin' ez would be tasty fur the old men's supper ez I kem home, but I forgot ter look around keen.'
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
"Waal, we mought," he admitted, with a speculative deliberateness.
From Louisiana by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Tobe Gryce mought hev hid hyar through a opening down yander on the slope.
From The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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 Murfree, Mary Noailles
Marse Julius mought hev' seen Miss Leonora, an' mebbe de ladies, an' come down inter de house an' smoked a seegar wid his Pa. Lawdy, massy! wid de curtains drawed, an' de blinds down.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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