mebbe

alternative mebby

1. dialectalnonstandardnot comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of maybe.

   Mebbe he tried to imitate Dick's tone of voice and told us it was raining.

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   Mebbe the Don wants to pay a sociable call on our ladies. Mebbe his gang is some hungry, as usual.

   1914, Zane Grey, The Light of Western Stars

   Wal, if a man can stand the loneliness, an' if he's quick on the draw, mebbe lone-wolfin' it is the best.

   1915, Zane Grey, The Lone Star Ranger

   "I thought mebbe there was something wrong at the Willows," he said.

   1929, Edith Wharton, Hudson River Bracketed

   ‘Mebbe he don’t desarve it, but he sure arned it!’ chuckled Jed. ¶ ‘Mebbe you’re right, Jed. Mebbe you’re right,’ sighed Peter.

   1930, Captain Dingle, “In Conclusion” (chapter 34), in Seaworthy, Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 274

   “Well then, it's Granny speaking: 'I dunnow! Mebbe I'm wrong to take it as I do. There ain't no names quite like the old ones though, Nor never will be to my way of thinking.[…]

   2013 April 22, Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken and Other Selected Poems (Timeless classic), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN