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poss.
abbreviation for
- possession.
- possessive.
- possible.
- possibly.
poss.
1abbreviation for
- possession
- possessive
- possible
- possibly
poss
2/ pɒs /
verb
- tr to wash (clothes) by agitating them with a long rod, pole, etc
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Deys a fass pinto hoss hitched to a poss in de yard—a hoss dat de owner don't seem to understand nohow.
By this time they had reached the homestead, and Poss went off with the children to the stables.
Quelquefois elles ne paroissent que des monceaux poss et l; comme dans une grand partie du Pimont.
I can't poss'bly tell ye that, Mr. Pow's, havin' affairs of my own most urrgent.
She buried her face in her sleeve against the white wall, and Harriet, bewildered, seized the poss-stick again.
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