Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
prithee .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- interjection See
prithee .
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- interjection Alternative spelling of
prithee .
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Examples
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‘“A plain leg of mutton, my Lucy, I prythee get ready at three; Have it tender, and smoking, and juicy, And what better meat can there be?”’ says Gray, quoting my favourite poet.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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Get thee gone go ie good man, and suffer us to sleepe I prythee.
The Decameron 2004
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Thou knowest that I supt with thy Mistresse this night; but if our Sicilian kindred be so soone forgot, I prythee give mee my
The Decameron 2004
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Glaucus thus: O Glaucus, my friend, prythee attend to my behest.
The Odyssey of Homer 2003
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I always doubted that horse of yours: prythee sell him, and let it be a present to me.
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Glaucus thus: O Glaucus, my friend, prythee attend to my behest.
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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Good dame, I prythee give each of these men a bottrine of wine or a jack of ale.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"I prythee that you will pardon me," said the knight, clutching his way along the bulwark.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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Good dame, I prythee give each of these men a bottrine of wine or a jack of ale.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"I prythee that you will pardon me," said the knight, clutching his way along the bulwark.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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