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Definition of Mauthers
1. mauther [n] - See also: mauther
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mauthers
Literary usage of Mauthers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Agriculture of Suffolk by William Raynbird, Hugh Raynbird (1849)
"It is, in fact, the Saxon word bor or boor, still used in the word neighbour.
We call girls " mauthers," or more shortly " mor." This is not " mother," as ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1879)
"... that ar doss'd tew mauthers a'most to dead a'riddy." Bunch, v. to beat hemp.
In other days, lads and lasses who had misbehaved were sent, ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"... very early ancestors, even to the noble virgins who were selected to sing the
praises of heroes ; they were called scald-moers, qd singing mauthers ! ..."
4. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"... in pointing out to his observation a remarkably fine bull, that he must soon
make away with him, as he had already "dossed three mauthers. ..."
5. History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps: A Complete Record of the by Josiah Rhinehart Sypher (1865)
"Horton, Melvin R. mauthers, John W. Spicer, Asbury F. Boll of company F, commanded
by Captain John A. Wolfe, originally commanded by Captain Dennis McGee. ..."
6. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"Yeow d better make off wo' yar bull, that ar doss'd tew mauthers a'most to dead
a'riddy." Bunch, v. to beat hemp. In other days, lads and lasses who had ..."
7. The Boy's Yearly Book by John Tillotson (1863)
"... and mauthers weren't none of theirs ef they weren't as big stuck-up gawks as
theirselves. I'm weary to read 'em 5 they makes me feel kind of like a dog ..."
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