Prissie

[ pris-ee ]

/ ˈprɪs i /

a female given name, form of Priscilla.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

If Martine had not said "Prissie" she might have thought her wholly in earnest.
Amy in Acadia|Helen Leah Reed
She kept on saying to herself she couldn't bear to think of Prissie paralyzed.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean|May Sinclair
Prissie wheeled herself out of the study into the drawing-room, beckoning Harriett to follow.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean|May Sinclair
It was as if Prissie's old restlessness had grown into that ceaseless jerking and twitching.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean|May Sinclair

She thought of Prissie's face, dark and restless, never clear, never still.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean|May Sinclair