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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mislay .
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Examples
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I shall give the name of him who mislays my pen and uses up my ink.
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Maybe I will give everybody a thing-finder for Christmas, except that my husband thinks nobody but me ever mislays anything.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Your husband never finds out about all the stuff my husband mislays because I am his thing finder.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Maybe I will give everybody a thing-finder for Christmas, except that my husband thinks nobody but me ever mislays anything.
Archive 2009-09-01 Jean 2009
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Not only does it prevent misunderstandings and hard feelings, but documenting such communication is also an important protection for me if the referring office is a shambles and mislays my report.
Rad Rage: Part Two 1 Dinosaur 2007
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The drunken Chin Kang makes light of lucre and shows a preference for generosity — The foolish girl mislays her handkerchief and arouses mutual thoughts.
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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The drunken Chin Kang makes light of lucre and shows a preference for generosity — The foolish girl mislays her handkerchief and arouses mutual thoughts.
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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Shepard never loses his visual curiosity, although he frequently mislays it.
Fine Art for Kids Bell, Quentin 1980
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The foolish girl mislays her handkerchief and arouses mutual thoughts.
Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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