mongst
preposition
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mongst
American
[muhngst]
/ mʌŋst /
Or
'mongst
preposition
'mongst
British
/ mʌŋst /
preposition
Etymology
Origin of mongst
Aphetic variant of amongst
Example Sentences
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Goe to and goe to; tis better venter quarriling mongst those hogesheads.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Lies then thy wife Alcestis mongst the dead?
From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green
Thou hast incur'd the danger of the lawe And thou mongst them must suffer punishment, Unlesse thou do confesse it presentlie.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
While the old folk were working the larger young uns mongst the children would take care of the little ones.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
Hath triple Cerberus, with contagious foam, Sowed Aconitum mongst these withered herbs?
From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
XTC's arrangements are intricate, almost to the point of baroque if you like, and they play 'em with a precision quite unprecedented 'mongst punks.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2013
There wasn’t one happy face ’mongst the whole boodle of’em and all their ’tention was pointed in the di-rection of the car we was in.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Something tall and white and ghostish, like a giant haint, came walking slow out from ’mongst the trees.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
“This bridge was so bad that one of the rules ’mongst the crew was that you couldn’t eat no beans eight hours ’fore we was set to cross it.”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
I saw two heads peeking out from ’mongst the green behind the maple ’bout fifty yards off.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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