The mislaid hat turned up eventually. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object), : He mislaid his keys. ,to mislay linoleum. From Dictionary.com.
Billions and BILLIONS of dollars are, what (?), simply "mislaid"?. From Wordnik.com. [Organized crime is America's (secret) 3rd Political Party.] Reference
She recounts the tale of how she 'mislaid' something white and lacy ahem in a car park...enough - ed. From Wordnik.com. [Desperately Seeking Susan's Keys] Reference
Shelver said while some court delays were understandable, others such as mislaid dockets were "purely errors". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The only suggestion the evidence custody team can come up with is that somehow it got "mislaid" during the move to the new storage facility. From Wordnik.com. [The Distant Echo]
They were all out of a batch that had gotten 'mislaid' en route from the factory to Camp Pendleton'that's the Marine depot in southern California. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
They were all out of a batch that had gotten 'mislaid' en route from the factory to Camp Pendleton — that's the Marine depot in southern California. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
And for God's sake tick the box on the form requesting an acknowledgement of your submission -- that ought to at least help cut down on the number of 'mislaid' responses. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing To Hide, Nothing To Fear?] Reference
I am certain that the bank would not have "mislaid" the money. From Wordnik.com. [Muti] Reference
The library records all of these items as "mislaid" rather than gone for ever, still less stolen. From Wordnik.com. [Latest education news, including the university guide 2010, RAE results, higher and schools news, schools tables and further education | guardian.co.uk] Reference
See you’ve kind of mislaid someone up there in the fog. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
They never actually forgot the name, just mislaid it. From Wordnik.com. [I'M EMBRACING MY INNER CURMUDGEON] Reference
Worse still, Billington seems to have mislaid her iPhone. From Wordnik.com. [Labour leadership: The contenders] Reference
"By the way, I suppose you've never come across that needle you mislaid?". From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
It suggested that she customarily mislaid it, and recaptured only an echo. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Officials had mislaid question papers and failed to halt blatant cheating. From Wordnik.com. [Why No Gi Giovannas?] Reference
This disposes of the theory that he might have been mislaid in a Tube rush. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919] Reference
He mislaid our heads, and we have suffered much inconvenience in consequence. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
The final pinnacle which was required to cope the structure had been mislaid. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Lucy would not miss it at once; afterward she would think she had mislaid it. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
I always believe I shall get mislaid and be taken to the Lost Property Office. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
Text messages are the new lipstick on the collar, the mislaid credit card bill. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Dispatch: Americans consume 34 gigabytes a day; Projectors coming to cell phones] Reference
Mr. Jeaffreson's report I have lost or mislaid, but I remember its purport well. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
It was, I am glad to say, only mislaid, and has within a few days been recovered. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
It involved a passenger who arrived at Heathrow from Geneva, having mislaid his passport. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
"Mr. Wiley meant to put the check through, of course, but he mislaid it," she substituted. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
I have a lot of documents and memoranda that are wearing out, liable to be mislaid or lost. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
I did so; but got no satisfaction at all, as the note accompanying the photo had been mislaid. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Goes to War] Reference
The original was duly returned to Fowler, but unfortunately he subsequently lost or mislaid it. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
P.S. Wills are quite frequently lost or mislaid and sometimes months elapse before they are discovered. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence] Reference
'I'm very sorry,' he apologised, 'but the fact is, although we had the skeleton here it has -- er -- been mislaid.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
And some of what researchers learn about how this illness rots memory might even help those folks who mislaid their keys. From Wordnik.com. [Alzheimer's: Losing More Than Memory] Reference
Do you remember how she sent the gridiron across the kitchen, after the chamber-maid, because she had mislaid the dish-cloth?. From Wordnik.com. [Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends] Reference
At other times she will have mislaid her programme, or "think mamma will want to be gone" before the proposed dance is reached. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
"Yes, it is," lady Feng smiled, "so you might as well take it away at once; for if it gets mislaid, I've nothing to do with it.". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
"Miss Grey will have a dear little shepherdess dress, and those two that are always together, I've mislaid their names in my mind --". From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis A Twin] Reference
"She shore is, Lee," answered Bill; "provin 'we-all mislaid no bets reconsiderin', an 'stakin' Sorrel-top to a little ranch and brand.". From Wordnik.com. [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference
The current edition of the Eye contains a seven-page special CDC supplement – alas, it's behind the paywall and I have mislaid my copy. From Wordnik.com. [Anti-poverty quango row: look at salaries, not expenses claims] Reference
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