mosey

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I gotta mosey -- I gotta kinda loaf around f'r a spell ---- "

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  1. intransitive verb Informal To move in a leisurely, relaxed way; saunter: moseyed over to the club after lunch.
  2. intransitive verb Informal To get going; move along.

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  • I set off down the street still keeping myself to a mosey, just in case. —  EQMM,February2008
  • Hint - mosey on over to the top-notch boot section ($55-$125). —  blogTO
  • Well, if you were like one of our readers, you would mosey on over to get a closer look, get invited to play with the new Blackberry Storm, and then get paid $20 for [...] - Admit it: you've always wanted an office like this, haven't you? —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Similar to the end-of-day routine, at the start of a new day Olimar must mosey on over to the Onion again, yet this time for the purpose of choosing how many of each type of Pikmin he requires, so as to not have to worry too much about always keeping a close eye on the entirety of the ever burgeoning army under his control. —  Cubed3.com News
  • Because we stayed cooped up all the while, trying to understand the scholarly messages we were being delivered, we didn't get to mosey around the cow lots that surrounded us. —  The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Origin obscure; thought by some to be abbreviation from vamose.
 

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/ˈmoʊzi/
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