Moithered definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Now there was usually a small jug of milk standing on the tray by the side of the cream, and destined for Jet's breakfast, but this morning Nanny, being 'moithered', had forgotten that part of the arrangements, so that when the Countess had made her tea, she perceived there was no second jug, and rang the bell.

—Scenes of Clerical Life

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Now there was usually a small jug of milk standing on the tray by the side of the cream, and destined for Jet's breakfast, but this morning Nanny, being 'moithered', had forgotten that part of the arrangements, so that when the Countess had made her tea, she perceived there was no second jug, and rang the bell. — Scenes of Clerical Life
But towards evening I took my troubles where I had often taken them--to Father Dan SIXTY-SECOND CHAPTER The door of the Presbytery was opened by Father Dan's Irish housekeeper, a good old soul whose attitude to her master was that of a "moithered" mother to a wilful child All the way up the narrow staircase to his room, she grumbled about his reverence. — The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
"Ye have me moithered, sittin' there starin' the two eyes out o' yer head. — North, South and over the Sea
He was, to use his own expression, "moithered." — The Blue Lagoon: a romance
She was a bit moithered in her mind, dear heart, just afore she went. — The Yeoman Adventurer