Mounseer

"Mounseer," answers my grandfather, "I dare say you've a-done it for your country; but we've a-caught you, and now you must go to prison -- wee, wee, to preeson," he says, lisping it in a Frenchified way so as to make himself understood.

News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Now, the baron was as unlike the traditional "Mounseer" of English songs, plays, and satires, as a man could well be; and it was on account of this very dissimilarity that Mr. Welwyn first took a violent fancy to him, and then invited him to his house.

After Dark Wilkie Collins 1856

"Mounseer," cries another, "that wig of mine don't suit your complexion,

The Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago Frederick Marryat 1820

"Mounseer," cries another, "that wig of mine don't suit your complexion,

The Privateersman Frederick Marryat 1820

Mary had her first experience with publication, when the Juvenile Library printed her witty poem, Mounseer Nongtongpaw; or, The Discoveries of John Bull in a Trip to Paris.

Biography 2010

“Canal yourself, Mounseer,” says Orlando, now grown quite furious: he broke away, quite indignant, and was soon lost in the crowd.

Burlesques 2006

“Canal yourself, Mounseer,” says Orlando, now grown quite furious: he broke away, quite indignant, and was soon lost in the crowd.

Cox's Diary 2006

Bull, and the joke is a play on the French pronunciation of "Je vous n'entends pas" -- which he takes to be the name of a wealthy aristocrat, "Mounseer Nongtongpaw," the imaginary owner of the

Selection from Mounseer Nongtongpaw 2002

"Gilbert wouldn't worry about the precise title of a darned Mounseer, so that's two arguments in favor of 1873."

Banquets of the Black Widowers Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992- 1984

Still I ought to have thought it looked queer when Mounseer took to disguising himself by leaving off his glasses, ha -- ha!

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various