To move along. A slang word.
1836. You’r not going to smoke me. So mosey off.—Phila. Pub. Ledger, Dec. 2.
1837. You must tortle off, as fast as you kin. If your tongue wasn’t so thick, I’d say you must mosey; but moseying is only to be done when a gemman’s half shot; when they’re gone cases, we don’t expect ’em to do more nor tortle.—J. C. Neal, ‘Charcoal Sketches,’ p. 13–4.
1846. “Lanty Olip-h-a-n-t!” bawled Dogberry. “Mosey in and be sworn.”—W. T. Porter, ed., ‘A Quarter Race in Kentucky,’ etc., p. 38.
1847. He curses life for its cares, and moseys into eternity pack-saddled with mental misery.—Dow, Jun., ‘Patent Sermons,’ i. 31.
1888. A third moseyed off some distance, to sit down and lick his wounds.—Chicago Inter-Ocean, Feb. 6 (Farmer).
1902. Now I must mosey on down-stairs.—W. N. Harben, ‘Abner Daniel,’ p. 59.
