priss

Historical Examples

• Joel was below, in the cabin with Priss, when his brother boarded the ship.

  All the Brothers Were Valiant

  Ben Ames Williams

• “My dear Priss,” he said, in the elder-brother manner he affected toward her.

  All the Brothers Were Valiant

  Ben Ames Williams

• Priss had planned to go ashore in the afternoon; but Mark dissuaded her.

  All the Brothers Were Valiant

  Ben Ames Williams

• And Priss, listening, winced at the thing that was like apology in his tone.

  All the Brothers Were Valiant

  Ben Ames Williams

• Priss had put curtains on the windows; and she had a lily, in a pot, at one of them, and a clump of pansies at another.

  All the Brothers Were Valiant

  Ben Ames Williams