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The Jis were a Jinzhou family, with considerable influence.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
The Jis were a Jinzhou family, with considerable influence.

WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
The Jis were a Jinzhou family, with considerable influence.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
Carson responded: Jis to think of that dog Chivington and his dirty hounds up thar at Sand Creek.

EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
She ran all the way through the blood-soaked streets to the Jis 'mansion.

WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
The old woman, Merab Jis, came bustling up to greet them with her wide, almost toothless smile.

WARCHILD ESTHER FRIESNER 1990
He claims that old Merab Jis can manage the infirmary without me.

WARCHILD ESTHER FRIESNER 1990
"Jis git Hannah to put some in her wittals, de meat an 'bread, a very little; be keerful, not too much, so it don't break the charm; if she gits too much it don't do no good."

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984
Jis 'de same as ef we could eat an' drink our houses.

Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted. 1892
_Tarqas jariâ tîr motîân; lâlân jarî kumân; Pinde bhasham lagâiâ: yeh mainân aur rang; Jis bhikhiâ kâ lâbhî hain tû wohî bhikhiâ mang.

Tales of the Punjab Flora Annie Steel 1888