Meanings
alternative mo
- dialectalpronunciation spellingAfrican-American VernacularPronunciation spelling of more, representing non-rhotic AAVE English.
Brethren if you want mo' preachin', save a little dram for me.
2005, Tim Brooks, Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919, page 1372 more examples
But the people are great han's for religion, and it's a common saying they got mo' religion an' less morals than yo'll find anywhere else in the world.
1904, Clifton Johnson, Highways and Byways of the South, page 124A millennium, mah son, am jes' de same as a thousan' legged worm, only hits got mo' legs.
1916, Official Proceedings, Western Railway Club, page 143
Origin
From its non-rhotic pronunciation. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”). Related to, though not directly descended from, obsolete mo with the same meaning.
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