Meaning & use
Moseyed
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Walked or moved in a slow, leisurely, unhurried manner.
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He moseyed down to the corner store to pick up a newspaper.
They moseyed along the beach, in no rush to get anywhere.
A note on using this word
An informal, chiefly American verb whose origin is uncertain, though some trace it to "Moses," possibly via Yiddish slang.
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