whisht
Americaninterjection
interjection
adjective
verb
Etymology
Origin of whisht
1510–20; ultimately imitative; compare Old English hwiscettung squeaking (said of mice)
Example Sentences
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I started abendin' the hook agen, An' I sez "There's different looks to men, Braave hearts in whisht poor bodies bide, An' looks don't count to what's inside."
From Cornish Catches and Other Verses by Moore, Bernard
My little dog he cried out in the dark, He would not whisht for me: I took him to my side—why did he bark When you were on the sea?
From The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems by Shorter, Dora Sigerson
All was whisht as the grave, and the fire was by now nearly out, so that there were no flame-deevils to freeten me.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William
"I said I whisht I knew where my Kobuk is!"
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
And wailing, and complaining, and whistling whisht and clear, The Seven Whistlers have passed thy house, Pentruan of Porthmeor!
From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret
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