Definitions
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- adverb nonstandard
Anticlockwise .
Etymologies
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moon + -wise
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Examples
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But all I could see was the form of my tall aunt couched half-moonwise in Elton Reeve's lap.
Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922
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But all I could see was the form of my tall aunt couched half-moonwise in Elton Reeve's lap.
Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921
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You put the whole concatenation into the largest cauldron you've got, stir well, dance three times moonwise around the nearest deposit of nickel-zinc and ... but enough secrets, lad. "
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