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  • However, he soon seemed to come to the conclusion that the lads before him were not to blame for his coming short of the needful refreshment; and, turning the lighted tobacco out of his pipe into the mill-dam, where it fell with a "ciss," he led the way into the mill, from whence he produced three light poles and some string, and from out of a cool damp flower pot three hideous-looking looped up bunches of worms, each with a leaden weight in the centre.

    Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home George Manville Fenn 1870

  • ANDERSON: And the cheerleader falls on her ciss-boom-ba.

    CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2007 2007

  • Thim must be th 'Fermanagh Dooleys, a poor lot, Jawn, an' always on good terms with th 'landlord, bad ciss to thim, says I.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • "Hiss -- hiss -- hiss," went the raging flames as the cold streams interposed between these fiery dragons and their prey; and "ciss -- ciss -- ciss," rushed the water sputtering from the copper tubes the captain of the brigade and his lieutenant held in their hands.

    Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home George Manville Fenn 1870

  • Tell Nely to try and raise her pigs for her meet a nother year if you all [unclear: live], ciss her for me.

    Augusta County: John P. Dull to Giney Dull, January 11, 1865 John P. Dull 1865

  • _vivas_ at every successful shot, while all the time tiny little curls of smoke rose at intervals into the sunny air as the men kept on making fresh cigarettes as each stump was thrown with a _ciss_ into the gliding stream.

    The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise George Manville Fenn 1870

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