prythee
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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Mr. Punch sings, sotto voce:— Begone, Dulcamara, I prythee begone from me!
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"I prythee be quiet!" said the odalisk.
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The tradition of the embassy of Alden, and of the incomparably arch rejoinder of Priscilla, "Prythee, John, why don't you speak for yourself?" was firmly believed in the family of Alden, where, along with that of the young cooper having first stepped on the ever-famous rock, it had passed from the mouth of one generation to another, without gainsaying.
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‘Prythee, Trueman, what became of these players when the stage was put down, and the rebellion raised?’
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Hark then, an' prythee hold by the table an' thou turn'st giddy.
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