10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUTHER»
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mauther in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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A. J. M. P.S. — Since the above was written, I have recollected that there is at
least one other local name in Britain for a young unmarried woman : it is the
curious word mauther, which is familiar in Norfolk and Suffolk. A mauther is a girl ;
and I ...
you talk like a foolish mauther.8 7 Such a foist, dfc.'] Such a cheating rogue. See
vol i. p. 106. 8 You talk like a foolish mauther.] Mauther (from the Danish moer)
was used, in some of the eastern counties, for a young girl, a maid, in Jonson's ...
Ben Jonson, William Gifford, 1875
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
Eng.] Away, you talk like a foolish mauther. B. Jonson, Alchemist, It. 4. P. I am a
mother that do want a service. Qu. O thou 'rt a Norfolk woman (cry thee mercy)
Where maids are mothers \mauthers], and mothers are maids. Brume, Eng. Moor,
HI.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
P. I am a mother that do want a service. On. i Whure O thou 'rt a Norfolk woman (
cry thee mercy) maids are mothers {mouthers], and mothers Brome, Eng. Moor,
UL L When once a giggling mauther you, And I a red-fac'd chubby boy.
Bloomfteld ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Eng.] Away, you talk like a foolish mauther. B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 4. P. I am a
mother that do want a service. Qu. O thou 'rt a Norfolk woman (cry thee mercy)
Where maids are mothers [mmtthers], and mothers are maids. Brome, Eng. Moor,
iii.
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
Eng.] Away, you talk like a foolish mauther. B. Jonson, Alchemist, tv. 4. P. I am a
mother thai do want a service. Qu. O thou 'rt a Norfolk woman (cry thee mercy)
Where maids are mother* [mauthers], and mtAhers are niaidB. Bronte, Eng. Hoor,
lii ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1890
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A dialectal (Scotch) form of malt1. mauther (ma'THer), n. [Also moather, mother,
modder; perhaps a dial, use of mother1. Cf. the cognate LG. medder, modder,
modder, aunt, cousin, lit. mother.] A rustic girl; a gawky young woman ; a wench.
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The Vocabulary of East-Anglia Etc. - London, J. B. Nicols 1830
MAUTHER, s. a girl. Sir Thomas Browne. Tusser uses it. So does B. JONs. “ You
talk like a foolish mauther," says Restive to Dame Pliant, in the Alchemist. It
seems peculiarly an East-Anglian word. So at least it was considered by Sir
Henry ...
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A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of ...
Ben Jonson, in the "Alchemist," has the exclamation of a brother to a sister : —
Alas ! you talk like a foolish mauther! and R. Browne in the " English Moor,"
according to Nares, gives the speech of a girl, wanting to be engaged as a
servant: — I ...
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Soper's select speaker: containing choicest orations, ...
PLEASE, Lord, send er Crismus present Fer Mauther'n, Fauther'n, us Kids ten, An
' er real tree what presents hangs on, Jes fer sake uv poor little Ben ; !An' if it ain't
much trouble, "Lord," Please send the er fixin's too, What goes on the tree an' ...
Henry Marlin Soper, Soper School of Oratory, 1901
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUTHER»
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mauther is used in the context of the following news items.
Freshman Jorgensen leads Cardinals honorees on all-FVA tennis …
The Rockets alo filled all three first-team doubles spots with Aaron Kubiak and Alex Desai at the No. 1 flight, Bill Breining and Grant Mauther at ... «Fond du Lac Reporter, Jun 15»
For Little Helpers, it's all about community involvement
In June, Mauther said they group raised just under $600 for the Levine's Children's Hospital, and in October, the group collected some 700 ... «Mooresville Tribune, Nov 14»
