feist

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October 2008, 12: 56 i like that. it may be a little bit feist-lite / mystery jets / Orange or Halifax commercial, but it really pulls it off, and there's some lovely shots in there - not least the straight non-overhead stuff. kudos to DOP.

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  1. noun Chiefly Southern U.S. A small mongrel dog.
  2. Regional Note
    Feist, also fice, is one of several regional terms for a small mixed-breed dog. Used throughout the Midland and Southern states, feist connotes a snappy, nervous, belligerent little dog—hence the derived adjective feisty, meaning "touchy, quarrelsome, or spirited,” applicable to animals and to people. Although feist remains a regional word, feisty has now entered standard usage throughout the United States.

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  • File Name: feist-mushaboom-postal-service - remix. mp3 —  Hot Artists at Elbo.ws
  • File Name: feist - let it die - 13 - bonus - mushaboom (mocky remix). mp3 —  Hot Artists at Elbo.ws
  • Link Text: feist - my moon my man (boys noize remix). mp3 —  Hot Artists at Elbo.ws
  • After a bout of waterworks Ulrika found her feist and retaliated: "The next thing you'll say is it's because you're poorer then me and I had a charmed childhood." —  Sky Showbiz - Latest
  • Im selling the following domains: ad6. biz hotne. ws nisha. ws familyguy. ws stronger. ws plies. ws feist. ws golfset. ws You may not post new threads —  Digital Point Forums
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  1. Variant of obsolete fist, short for fisting dog, from Middle English fisting, a blowing, breaking wind, from Old English fīsting; see pezd- in Indo-European roots.
 

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