Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Obsolete forms of
main .
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Examples
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While Holzer did not give birth to any children, believing that the world was an unfit place for a child, she became like a mother to the young actor Paula Kochen, whom she called mayn tokhterl [sic] (my little daughter).
Rokhl Holzer. 2009
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'Please, sir,' faltered one -- Moberly by name -- the dullest and most honourable boy, to my thinking, amongst us, 'mayn't I stay where I am?
Wilfrid Cumbermede George MacDonald 1864
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'And,' added Val, 'mayn't we all go on a secret expedition and buy things for it?'
The Two Sides of the Shield Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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'Dear mother', said the lad, 'mayn't I just go up to the top of this high crag while you rest, and try if I can't see some sign of folk hereabouts?'
Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856
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"I hope she 'mayn't have to repent for having been too kind herself."
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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"I hope she 'mayn't have to repent for having been too kind herself."
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 17: Return to Italy Giacomo Casanova 1761
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In mayn ways, electronic communications have brought to many, many more people, the ability to communicate quickly in writing that used to be the privilege of only a few.
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But Az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde!
Katie Halper: Top 10 Reasons to Stop the Blood Libel Schmear Campaign against Honorary Jew Sarah Palin Katie Halper 2011
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But Az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde!
Katie Halper: Top 10 Reasons to Stop the Blood Libel Schmear Campaign against Honorary Jew Sarah Palin Katie Halper 2011
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But Az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde!
Katie Halper: Top 10 Reasons to Stop the Blood Libel Schmear Campaign against Honorary Jew Sarah Palin Katie Halper 2011
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