wisht
Britishinterjection
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Aunt Eller counsels the traumatized Laurey to be “hardy,” and, when Laurey interrupts—“I wisht I was the way you are”—Aunt Eller says, “Fiddlesticks!”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 16, 2019
Hosie didn’t get a job, but later Grandpa told Papa he shore wisht he could a-hired thet boy.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Lord, I wisht I could get this tangle smoothed out.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
“And I wisht I was back there roight naow, ’stead of marching through this bloomin’ place.”
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Then he turned to my daddy and said in a harsh voice, “Hoyt, I wisht I’d a-knowed last night thet Mary Willis done changed her mind. But now it’s jest too late.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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