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Definition of Moseying
1. mosey [v] - See also: mosey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moseying
Literary usage of Moseying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"Then he got to moseying over to Verna's place—and the first thing we knew he'd
married her. LOTTA—Were they happy? MRS. MARTIN (sharply)—What's happy? ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
""A. Not very fast, just creeping, moseying along. * • • "Q. How far was the car
from him—that is, the car going in the opposite direction—when he turned in? ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"If your tongue wasn't so thick, I'd say you must mosey ; but moseying is only to
be done when a ..."
4. The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris by Julia Collier Harris, Katherine H. Wootten (1918)
"Down here we're moseying along towards fall. The roses are fine, and occasionally
I hear a young mocking-bird practicing his tunes in the bushes. ..."
5. The Queen of the Swamp: And Other Plain Americans by Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1899)
"... I better be moseying towards home." The flashing of Wilda's needles went on.
She had a leather stall pinned to her waist, in which she braced and ..."
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