out sister
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Walt Disney Company, which bought ClubPenguin.com in 2007 for $700 million, has pumped out sister sites; toy companies like Build-A-Bear Workshop, the retail chain, have flooded the Web with their own offerings.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2010
"I do not like to hear you speak so disrespectfully of out sister, whom I am sure you love as tenderly as I do myself."
From Precaution by Cooper, James Fenimore
But I will spy him out, sister, and report like a—like a—forty-two pounder, or the dispatch of a general who has won a fight.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
Besides, it's very dark out, sister, and the tavern where I saw him is a long distance from here.
From The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
"I'm afraid it'll be troublesome to you getting it out, sister," said Mrs. Tulliver; "but I should like to see what sort of a crown she's made you."
From The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George
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