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Definition of Mousies
1. mousie [n] - See also: mousie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mousies
Literary usage of Mousies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"But the mousies came into the world naked. Where was the hair before ? Were there
no seeds added?" F. "No, you see, the hair really came out of little ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1883)
"... and wrinkle his brow and whine and bark; but we were determined he should not
kill our mousies as he had killed our shade-tail a few months before. ..."
3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... mousies "—that's mice— And will nibble my ears, Will nibble and bite With
their little mice-teeth, so sharp and so white, ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1884)
"... Why they ever thought of coming All that way to hear gnats humming, Why they
built not nests but houses, Like the bumble-bees and mousies. ..."
5. A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1902)
"... And say they're " mousies " — that's mice — And will nibble my ears, Will
nibble and bite With their little mice-teeth, so sharp and so white, ..."
6. The Poetry of American Wit and Humor by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1899)
"... And say they're " mousies " — that's mice — And will nibble my ears, Will
nibble and bite With their little mice-teeth, so sharp and so white, ..."
7. A Treasury of American Verse by Walter Learned, H. C. Edwards, Thomas McIlvaine (1897)
"... Nor lock my neck in a loving vise, And say they're " mousies "—that's mice—
And will nibble my ears, Will nibble and bite With their little mice-teeth, ..."
8. Open Sesame!: Poetry and Prose for School-days by Blanche Wilder Bellamy (1898)
"... Nor lock my neck in a loving vise And say they're "mousies"— that's mice —
And will nibble my ears, Will nibble and bite With their little mice-teeth, ..."
9. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"But the mousies came into the world naked. Where was the hair before ? Were there
no seeds added?" F. "No, you see, the hair really came out of little ..."
10. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1883)
"... and wrinkle his brow and whine and bark; but we were determined he should not
kill our mousies as he had killed our shade-tail a few months before. ..."
11. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... mousies "—that's mice— And will nibble my ears, Will nibble and bite With
their little mice-teeth, so sharp and so white, ..."
12. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1884)
"... Why they ever thought of coming All that way to hear gnats humming, Why they
built not nests but houses, Like the bumble-bees and mousies. ..."
13. A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1902)
"... And say they're " mousies " — that's mice — And will nibble my ears, Will
nibble and bite With their little mice-teeth, so sharp and so white, ..."
14. The Poetry of American Wit and Humor by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1899)
"... And say they're " mousies " — that's mice — And will nibble my ears, Will
nibble and bite With their little mice-teeth, so sharp and so white, ..."
15. A Treasury of American Verse by Walter Learned, H. C. Edwards, Thomas McIlvaine (1897)
"... Nor lock my neck in a loving vise, And say they're " mousies "—that's mice—
And will nibble my ears, Will nibble and bite With their little mice-teeth, ..."
16. Open Sesame!: Poetry and Prose for School-days by Blanche Wilder Bellamy (1898)
"... Nor lock my neck in a loving vise And say they're "mousies"— that's mice —
And will nibble my ears, Will nibble and bite With their little mice-teeth, ..."
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