Sossy

There was a pattering of little feet on the stairs, and the two small twins, "Sossy" and "Minthy," in the home dialect, came hand in hand into the room, Miss Susan leaving them at the threshold, not wishing to interrupt the two ladies, and being much interested also in listening to

The Guardian Angel Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

There was a pattering of little feet on the stairs, and the two small twins, "Sossy" and "Minthy," in the home dialect, came hand in hand into the room, Miss Susan leaving them at the threshold, not wishing to interrupt the two ladies, and being much interested also in listening to

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And they was so handy, spoke short, -- Sossy and Minthy, -- she never should know how to call 'em anything else.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Various

You don't know how I take to little Sossy and Minthy, those two twins I have written to you about before.

The Guardian Angel Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

As they were rather long for common use in the family, they were shortened into the easier forms of Sossy and

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

And they was so handy, spoke short, Sossy and Minthy, -- she never should know how to call 'em anything else.

The Guardian Angel Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

You don't know how I take to little Sossy and Minthy, those two twins I have written to you about before.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

And they was so handy, spoke short, Sossy and Minthy, -- she never should know how to call 'em anything else.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

As they were rather long for common use in the family, they were shortened into the easier forms of Sossy and Minthy, under which designation the babes began very soon to thrive mightily, turning bread and milk into the substance of little sinners at

The Guardian Angel Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

Sossy: I'm posting this two weeks after the show, but since I need a place to scream over crap Mila produces, ...

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