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Search phrase: morris

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.ii.23Tuesday, a morris for May-day, as the nail to his hole,tuesday, a Morris for May-day, as the naile to his hole,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.98The nine men's morris is filled up with mud,The nine mens Morris is fild vp with mud,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.329I'll make ye a new morris. Must I go?Ile make ye a new Morrisse, must I goe?
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.107That 'fore thy dignity will dance a morris.That fore thy dignitie will dance a Morris.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.119Makes ‘ Morris,’ and the cause that we came hither,Makes Morris, and the cause that we came hether.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.ii.49He'll dance the morris twenty mile an hour,Hee'l dance the Morris twenty mile an houre,

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Glossary

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moriscomorris dancer
morrismorris dance
morris, nine men'sarea marked out in squares for playing nine men's morris [a type of open-air game using nine ‘men’ on each side]
morris-piketype of pike [thought to be of Moorish origin]

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morris dancemorris
morris dancermorisco

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
MORISCOBASICsee MORRIS
MORRISBASICmorisco n, morris n, morris-pike n

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