Mousie
[mausi]
Definition
(n.) Diminutive for Mouse.
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Examples
- Burns, lamenting that his share uptears the bed of the wee modest crimson-tipped flower and sorrowing that he has turned the Mousie from its bit o' leaves and stibble by the cruel coulter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Dear little Mousie, I shall be sorry to lose her: she must come to us again, mamma. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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