Monkery, the country, or rural districts. Originally an old word for a quiet or monastic life.—Hall.
Monniker, a person’s name or signature.
Month of Sundays, an indefinite period, a long time.
Mooch, to sponge; to obtrude oneself upon friends just when they are about to sit down to dinner, or other lucky time—of course quite accidentally. Compare [HULK]. To slink away, and allow your friend to pay for the entertainment. In Wiltshire, TO MOOCH is to shuffle. See the following.
Mooching, or ON THE MOOCH, on the look-out for any articles or circumstances which may be turned to a profitable account; watching in the streets for odd jobs, horses to hold, &c.; also scraps of food, drinks, old clothes, &c.
Moon, a month; generally used to express the length of time a person has been sentenced by the magistrate; thus “one MOON” is one month of four weeks. A calendar month is known as a “callingder” or long MOON. A “lunar MOON,” ridiculous as the phrase may seem, is of constant use among those who affect slang of this description.
Mooney, intoxicated, a name for a silly fellow.
Mooning, loitering, wandering about in a purposeless manner.
Moonlight, or MOONSHINE, smuggled spirits. From the night-work of smugglers.
Moon-raker, a native of Wiltshire; because it is said that some men of that county, seeing the reflection of the moon in a pond, took it to be a cheese, and endeavoured to pull it out with a rake.