prythee

[ prith-ee ]

interjection

, Archaic.

1. an archaic spelling of prithee.

Example Sentences

Mr. Punch sings, sotto voce:— Begone, Dulcamara, I prythee begone from me!

From Project Gutenberg

"Nay, prythee, do not fret," said the man, with affected pity; and then taking out his begrimed hempen purse under the confident expectation that he was about to gain his point at once from the heart-broken weakness of a woman, added, "Come, come, here's that that will get thee a new gown, and, maybe, put thee in the way of getting on in the world besides."

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"I prythee be quiet!" said the odalisk.

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The tradition of the embassy of Alden, and of the incomparably arch rejoinder of Priscilla, "Prythee, John, why don't you speak for yourself?" was firmly believed in the family of Alden, where, along with that of the young cooper having first stepped on the ever-famous rock, it had passed from the mouth of one generation to another, without gainsaying.

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‘Prythee, Trueman, what became of these players when the stage was put down, and the rebellion raised?’

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