dizen
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- dizenment noun
Etymology
Origin of dizen
Example Sentences
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I dinna consort wi' shoplifters, an' idiots, an' suckin' bairns—wi' long nose, an' short nose, an' pug nose, an' seventeen Deuks o' Wellington, let alone a baker's dizen o' Queens.
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas
Ye had five cogs, a dizen o' bickers, twa dizen o' piggins, three bowies, four cream dishes, and twa ladles, besides the wooden spoons that I packed up mysel.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
To-morrow, when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival, The pure shall see by their own will, Which overflowing Love shall fill, 'T is not within the force of fate The fate-conjoined to separate.
From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
O man," said he to Robin, "I wad pay ye half a dizen bottles o' wine wi' as great cheerfu'ness as I raise this glass to my lips.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
Ye think ye've a hard time o't, but there's waur things than sewin' jackets at thirteenpence the dizen.'
From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd)
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