foist
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The hours of the morning passed like minutes to the girls, and they were surprised when the porter came through with his "Foist call fo' dinnah!"
From The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run by Hope, Laura Lee
For the Larch disease he should consult Hartig, Unters. aus der Foist.
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
"Foist it upon somebody else then," she answered quickly.
From The Clammer and the Submarine by Hopkins, William John
Foist is also a term for a sharper; and gallifoist was intended to be pronounced here gullifoist.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
How do you like this my Lord Prince, these are mad boys, I tell you, these are things that will not strike their top-sayles to a Foist.
From Philaster Love Lies a Bleeding by Fletcher, John
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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