pize
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of pize
of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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It will be the first time that a posthumous pize has been awarded at the event since its inception in 2000.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2011
They kick up their heels, and there they lie, What the pize ails 'em now?
From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various
Outsides, outsides; a pize take 'em, mere outsides.
From Love for Love: a Comedy by Congreve, William
A murrain seize—a pize upon— Plague take—the New Police!
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829 by Various
In a bakery window in Omaha: "Homemade pize fifteen cents."
From Continuous Vaudeville by Merrit, Hal
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