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▪ I. mosey, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈməʊzi|, U.S. |ˈmoʊzi|
[‹ mosey v.]
A walk at a leisurely pace; a stroll.
1960Sat. Evening Post 24 Dec. 81/1 Take a mosey around the place. 1979Washington Post 24 June e1/4 ‘Gait’..can take many forms—from the mosey through the 3 mph most of us use, and the 4 mph traditionally used by the military, to the 8 mph of the race walkers—faster than most joggers run. 1991Calgary Herald (Nexis) 8 July d1 A mosey over to the infield finds Kevin Mulvey loping along on a forklift. 2003Ayr (Austral.) Advocate (Nexis) 17 Jan. 10, I usually go out and have a mosey around.
▪ II. mosey, v. slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈməʊzɪ|
intr. To go away quickly; to decamp. Also, to make haste, ‘be lively’; to jog along (lit. and fig.).
18..New York Tribune (Bartlett 1877), I'll get a room nicely furnished, and my wife and I will jes mosey along till the election trouble is over, an' den dere'll be a powerful sight of whitewashin' to be done. 1829Virginia Lit. Museum 30 Dec. 459 Mosey, to move off. 1836Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 2 Dec. (Th.), You'r not going to smoke me. So mosey off. 1838J. C. Neal Charcoal Sk. i. (1850) 17 If your tongue wasn't so thick I'd say you must mosey; but moseying is only to be done when a gemman's half shot. a1859N.Y. Family Companion (Bartlett), After you left me, when them fellows told you to mosey off before the boat went to sea. 1871J. Hay Banty Tim 7 The nigger has got to mosey From the limits o' Spunky P'int! 1885Miss M. N. Murfree Prophet Gt. Smoky Mts. xiii. 233 Hurry 'long, D'rindy,..you-uns ain't goin' ter reel a hank ef ye don't mosey. 1870‘Mark Twain’ Curious Republic Gondour (1919) 57, I hain't got time to be palavering along here—got to..mosey along. 1874― in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 592/2 De way dey made dem sojers mosey roun'! 1891Kipling Naulahka vi, I'll mosey along somehow. 1901‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 42 Abie had moseyed away. 1902W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 59 Now I must mosey on down-stairs. 1903A. Adams Log Cowboy ix. 124 You fellows just mosey along up the trail. 1918Punch 27 Mar. 206/1 Her funnel's caked with Cape Horn ice and blistered in the sun, She's moseyed round above a bit, and, poor old ship, she's done. 1961C. McCullers Clock without Hands v. 111 While Mr Malone made up the Coca-Cola, Jester moseyed over to the scales and stood on them. 1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 110 She was moseying along a street..when she collided with a gang of guided tourists. 1973Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 16 Mar. 22/3 Map in hand he moseys round the alleys and yards of Southwark. 1974Black World June 70/2, I had moseyed over to see what they were yakking about. 1974D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill ii. 134, I thought I'd mosey on over to the liquor store.
▪ III. mosey
var. mosy a. dial. |