Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A breaking wind.
- noun Same as
fise-dog .
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- noun A breaking wind.
Etymologies
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Examples
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SDF - sans domicile fise - homeless comme ca - like that viens - come
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SDF - sans domicile fise - homeless comme ca - like that viens - come a cote de lui - next to him ils sont la - they're there
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Splinters was some sort of a mongrel fise, an insignificant-looking little beast that had come originally from the city and presumably was hopelessly civilized.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Saxton Pope 1900
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Holler, en he uz frustrated by de fise dog barkin ', en when he went ter sey' Sing dat good ole song, "Gre't God, dat awful day ob wraf,"'he forgot, en sed, "Granny, will yo' dog bite, "bein 'frustrated 'bout de fise en de dance.
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895
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Yes, de fise uz behavin 'mighty well; a pow'ful frien'ly, onhankerous lookin' little critter, curled up on de fur eend ob de moaners 'bench jes' in front ob Eli, en not seyin 'a blessed word ter' sturb nobody.
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895
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Some sey hit uz Brer Ben Lytle; en some sey hit uz Brer Ike Martin; en some sey hit uz de widder Em'line Spurlock; en some sey hit uz jes 'Ike's fise
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895
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Fur 'bout dat time, some ob de wraslin 'ones down 't de fur eend ob de moaners' bench fum der fise, foun 'grace, en begin ter claw de a'r, en ter roll in de straw like.
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895
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En Eli he fotched his fise dog -- thinkin ''bout de bre'kfus', I reckin.
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895
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Ann with her massage, that's no more good than a cat's foot; so I'll just give the parlor a lick and a promise till to-morrow, and 'fise you
The Cromptons Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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The trees there are of a good fise, and very clear of obilrudlJng under - woods or vines.
A Journal of natural philosophy, chemistry, and the arts .. 1797
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