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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from Spanish vamos 'let's go'

mosey

 verb
     
mo‧sey [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] American English informal
1 to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way - used humorously:
I guess I'll mosey on down to the store now.
2

I'd better mosey along/be moseying along

I should leave now:
I'd better mosey along - it's getting late.
—mosey noun [singular]
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