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MAAYKE NOTHUN'.—To fetch no money.

"Whate wunt maayke nothun' now, an' we only got to look to our stock."

MAAYKE UP.—A youth is said to "maayke up" to a girl when he first attempts to pay addresses to her. This expression is the counterpart of a girl "setting her cap."

"I zaay, Daayme, doos'nt think young Jack Robins be a-maaykin' up to our Maayry?"

MAAYKE WAAYTE.—"Make weight." A small quantity or scrap added by butchers and others to make up or increase weight.

MAAYRE, or MER.—The expression "the graay maayre be the best herse "is commonly used either as denoting that the wife is head and heart of the house or that a man is 'henpecked.'

MAAYRES TAAILS.—Light fleecy clouds.

"Maayres taails an' mackerel sky,

Not long wet nor not long dry."

MAAYZY.—Not clear headed, confused, muddle-headed. Generally followed by "like."

"When I yeared what 'um had done I was zo took aback as to veel quite maayzy-like."

MACKEREL SKY.—Sky mottled with clouds.

MAD.—Very angry; greatly annoyed.

MAG.—Troublesome tongue.

"Hawld thee mag" is a retort.

A magpie.

MAGGOT.—"To have a maggot in the yead" is to hold very strange and unusual notions.

MAGGOTTY.—Fidgetty, having eccentric notions. Also frolicsome.

MAMMERED.—Amazed, confused, puzzled.

"I was quite mammered zo many on 'um spakin' at once."

MAMMY ZICK.—In distress on account of being away from the mother or home.

MANDERIN'.—Muttering threats or grumbling to one's self.

MANNISH.—Used in ridicule of a youth giving himself airs such as strutting when walking.

MARVELS.—'Marbles' are so generally pronounced by boys.