mought
AmericanEtymology
Origin of mought
First recorded in 1550–1600
Example Sentences
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Look lak it mought be mos’ too much fer yo’.
From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
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
But ez he war a hearty feeder they mought hev kem from the stummick stiddier the heart.'
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
"Waal, we mought," he admitted, with a speculative deliberateness.
From Louisiana by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Th' McGills mought hev j'ined in ef they'd ac'ed right.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
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