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Search phrase: mew

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Hamlet	Ham V.i.288	The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.	The Cat will Mew, and Dogge will haue his day.
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 III.i.123	I had rather be a kitten and cry ‘ mew ’	I had rather be a Kitten, and cry mew,
King John	KJ IV.ii.57	The steps of wrong, should move you to mew up	The steppes of wrong, should moue you to mew vp
King Lear	KL IV.ii.68	Marry, your manhood! Mew!
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.i.87.2	Why will you mew her up,	Why will you mew her vp

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Glossary

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mew	coop up, confine, shut up
mew	coop up, confine, shut up
mewl	mew [like a cat]; or: cry feebly

Thesaurus

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mew [like a cat]

mewl

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