siss

Example Sentences

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She warn’t a bit skeart when the shock came; but braced herself up as cool as a cowcumber, and thar she’s ben, keeping them noisy folks quiet, and tendin’ her little siss like a Christian!”

From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

Well, Blanche," said Agnes archly, "confess, siss, who is the lord paramount, the beau par excellence, of the ball?

From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

This is expanded into the “triple cheer”: “H’ray, h’ray, h’ray, Tiger, tiger, tiger, Siss, siss, siss, Boom, boom, boom, Ah, ah, ah, Princet�n, Princet�n, Princet�n!”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

"Siss a great vhile I haf not done siss," she concluded, as her fingers began to drift over the keys, and then she sang, very gently, even guardedly, but oh, so sweetly!

From Strong Hearts by Cable, George Washington

“And, siss, it—is connected with—don’t tremble so, Flora—with Tom?”

From As We Sweep Through The Deep by Stables, Gordon