wisht
Britishinterjection
Example Sentences
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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
Lord, I wisht I could get this tangle smoothed out.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
Oh, Will, I wisht I’d a-stayed with my sister after the funeral.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Then running her hand over the carved angel, she said, “I shore wisht I could get one a-them angels for Pa.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
“If'n Miss and Mister is all thet’s comin’ betwixt us, I shore wisht you’d a-said so in New York City!
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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