"Mog" Quotes from Famous Books
... a still night," said Travis; "I'll mog along slowly up the ditch, and put in a little extra listening: it's at night the ... — In Exile and Other Stories • Mary Hallock Foote
... later, and names in Pol- usually belong to Paul (Chapter IX). The name Morris has three other origins (the font-name Maurice, the nickname Moorish, and the local marsh), but both Morris and Morrison are sometimes to be referred to Mary. Similarly Margaret, popularly Mar-get, became Mag, Meg, Mog, whence Meggitt, Moxon, etc. The rarity of Maggot is easily understood, but Poll Maggot was one of Jack Sheppard's accomplices and Shakespeare uses maggot-pie for magpie (Macbeth, iii, 4). Meg was rimed into Peg, whence Peggs, Mog into Pog, ... — The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley
... the one thing to do," was the engineer's verdict. "That's for somebody to mog back to Arroyo ... — A Fool For Love • Francis Lynde |