tissed
tished p ppl I once heard a chap from Bay Bulls look at a slightly iced over pond and say it was just tissed. He said [when asked] that they used to use the expression when they were children on Fogo Island. He claimed that the word tissed (pronounced tished) came from the word tissue, since tissues...
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| Summary: | tished p ppl I once heard a chap from Bay Bulls look at a slightly iced over pond and say it was just tissed. He said [when asked] that they used to use the expression when they were children on Fogo Island. He claimed that the word tissed (pronounced tished) came from the word tissue, since tissues are so thin, just like thin ice. DNE-cit JH 7/71 Used I Used I Used I CATCH (OVER), SISH partially cited under C 68-19 |
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