Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of poise.
- noun A term used in mild execration, like
pox .
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- noun
Pox ;pest ; used as an imprecation. - verb transitive (dialect, Yorkshire) To strike or hit (a person).
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Examples
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**Widdle maus skaytz unstedilee up wifs BIGG palyte full of BIGG servingz ub cheezkakiez an choklitz kaykz an pize an fruit kobblerz ub baryus kindz**
Y do ai gotta - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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They did have a machine, similar to one in Kobe where I got my Clannad anime lighter you put in 400 yen and either get a ball with a lighter or you get a key to open the grand pize – a wall clock.
Japan April 15 &17 (day 15 and 17): the rest of Kyoto’s story and heading home Elizabeth McClung 2008
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They did have a machine, similar to one in Kobe where I got my Clannad anime lighter you put in 400 yen and either get a ball with a lighter or you get a key to open the grand pize – a wall clock.
Archive 2008-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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A pize on it! send it off to those who have their legs swathed with a hay-wisp, their heads thatched with a felt bonnet, their jerkin as thin as a cobweb, and their pouch without ever a cross to keep the fiend Melancholy from dancing in it.
Kenilworth 2004
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He began, "Let's not psychothera-pize -" He broke off, then whispered, "Listen."
The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990
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Sich lovely mate-pize and figged keakes, and cider, and drops o 'cordial that they do keep here!'
A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy 1884
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A pize on it! send it off to those who have their legs swathed with a hay-wisp, their heads thatched with a felt bonnet, their jerkin as thin as a cobweb, and their pouch without ever
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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Whoever correctly guesses the most winning teams by the end of the regular season will snag an incredible pize - an over-the-top Bowl party to watch the ultimate football showdown on your own turf on February 6, 2011.
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The duo will have to see off rockers MGMT to take home the pize.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2009
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The duo will have to see off rockers MGMT to take home the pize.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2009
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