Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The leading genus of Muridæ, typical of the subfamily Murinæ.
- noun An abbreviation of music, musical;
- noun of museum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
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Examples
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Achshooly, ai mus leeb teh dansing to teh odder chzfrens….mus bisit mai dad!
MOM???? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The crew became introspective, each considering the overriding mystery posed by the Cyg'mus's seeming stability in the face of irresistible forces.
The Black Hole Foster, Alan Dean 1979
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Nobody never in all this worl 'mus' live wi 'Elsie but Ol' Sophy,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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I tell you, suh, I is done smell all de smells o 'mink an' mus 'an' puffume, but I ain 'nuver smell nuttin' like dat jail.
P'laski's Tunament 1891 Thomas Nelson Page 1887
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She war young, an 'mus' have been keerless, I reckon; though ez 'twar her fust baby, she moightn't hev been practised in holdin' it an 'sech, an' somehows it slipped through her arms an 'fell inter the ruver, an' war killed in
The Phantoms Of The Foot-Bridge 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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Every publisher approach 'mus' know he's bidding agains 'every other!
The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884
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Ole Jamaica, yo 'mus' remembah, sah, is fifteen fathom below de ocean now.
The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881
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Un I is bin say: 'Wut noung gal gwan do wit' ole Chris'mus 'cep' 'e do' joy 'ese'f?'
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Un I is bin say: 'Wut noung gal gwan do wit' ole Chris'mus 'cep' 'e do' joy 'ese'f?'
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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But of yo 'mus' be white, w'y be hones 'of yo' can,
Southern Lights and Shadows William Dean Howells 1878
oroboros commented on the word mus
Sum in reverse.
November 3, 2007