Measter

Once or twice Josiah, the carter, remembered that the old letter-carrier had trusted him with an epistle to 'Measter', as they had met in the lanes.

Cousin Phillis Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

"Measter," said the man who had seen them fed, "them there Hirish pigs ha 'not feasted nout for a moonth yet: they feade like nout I seed o' my laife!!"

Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

"Measter," said I, "if I dunnot see her afore hoo goes,

North and South Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

“Thank you, Measter, I shall stop at Pulford, and shall be glad to drink your health in a jug of ale.”

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

I am a bit of a fighter, Measter, at least I was before my wife made me join the

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

"Ay, maybe a king's post, Measter Desmond," replied the old man.

In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

She stared at me for a moment, then burst out a-giggling, and left me standing while she rushed into the house with a cry of "Measter, here be Joe come back, dressed like a lord!"

Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Herbert Strang

"We'n better goo round about, Measter," said the driver, to the passenger at his side.

In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

The clerk, eager to be at the fray, announced to the assembled parishioners that "Measter would gee them a holiday."

The Parish Clerk 1892

'Measter,' he shouted to the farmer in the gig, 'can't you send us out some better tackle than this yer stuff?'

Hodge and His Masters Richard Jefferies 1867