primsie
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of primsie
Example Sentences
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But the primsie lass he left behind shakes her cockernony at him and soon pits some rumble-gumption in his pow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now if from prim be formed the secondary adjective primsie, so from prin we get prinsie or prinzie.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 87, June 28, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
I do not think, therefore that even prim would be a word sufficiently dignified for the situation and context; much less is its diminutive primsie.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
They winna let us even Wi' lightest neif skim their primsie pretties Till we've concluded Peace-terms wi' a' Hellas.
From Lysistrata by Aristophanes
An old Scotch proverb is quoted, in which the word is used: "A primsie damsel makes a laidlae dame."
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 87, June 28, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
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