mester
Britishnoun
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master: used as a term of address for a man who is the head of a house
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a term for the devil, used when speaking to children
Example Sentences
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“So dark, mester, I can hardly see, but fire’s put right out, and these here buildings be aw reight, but wheer the smithies and furnace was is nobbut ground.”
From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville
“Here,” exclaimed the woman sharply, “take these here boots out to the back, mester, and clean ’em while I brush his coat.”
From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville
“I only were going to say as I didn’t like to see such a worthy man serving faithful a mester as was trying to do him an injury.”
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
I’d done nowt but be civil to young mester here.
From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville
"Ay, mester," was the reply: "I'm fro' Lancashire."
From "Seth" by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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