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wisht

/ wɪʃt /

interjection

  1. a variant of whisht

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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As is custom, this year's bacon battle took place in a marquee in front of a jury of "six maidens and six bachelors", who had to be persuaded that in "twelvemonth and a day" the couples have "not wisht themselves unmarried again".

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“And I wisht I was back there roight naow, ’stead of marching through this bloomin’ place.”

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He stood up, and Grandpa and Miss Love stood up, and I did, and there was an awkward minute till Grandpa said, “Well, I wisht you’d stay on, sir. We could put you up for the night.”

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“Say you shore wisht you knew.”

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“If'n Miss and Mister is all thet’s comin’ betwixt us, I shore wisht you’d a-said so in New York City!

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