wisht

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wisht

(wɪʃt)

interj

a variant of whisht

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Spider sang "The Boston Burglar" and "Black Lulu." The Queen sang "Then I Wisht I Were a Little Bird." And her sister Tess sang "Oh, Treat My Daughter Kindily." The fun grew fast and furious.

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"Dad blame dat revival, I wisht it had 'a' be'n put off till tomorrow!"

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I done the other things--Brace he put me up to it, and persuaded me, and promised he'd make me rich, some day, and I done it, and I'm sorry I done it, and I wisht I hadn't; but I hain't stole no di'monds, and I hain't GOT no di'monds; I wisht I may never stir if it ain't so.

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I wisht to God a nor'wester'd come along an' blow the Solomons clean to hell."

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"Wisht I had an electric light to go on working." he said.

Many times he composed himself and closed his eyes for slumber to overtake him; but his blood pounded with too strong desire, and as many times his eyes opened and he murmured wearily, "Wisht it was sun-up." Sleep came to him in the end, but his eyes were open with the first paling or the stars, and the gray of dawn caught him with breakfast finished and climbing the hillside in the direction of the secret abiding-place of Mr.

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WHO YOU GONNA SEE: The name Wistman derives from the dialect word 'wisht' meaning 'eerie' and 'pixie-led'.

TOP 10 Magical mythical tours; Enchanted, haunted, magical or scary there are parts of this kingdom that'll make your hair stand on end; Wish you were eerie?

I wisht I hadn't ever come ashore that night, to see such things.

Sestina for Finn

"I wisht I had of been there," he said, hitting the ground with his fist.

The shadows of time: chronotopic diversity and ethical unreadability in Flannery O'Connor's tales

The queen in travell, pained sore Full thirty woeful daies and more, And no way could delivered be, As every lady wisht to see: Wherefore the king made greater mone Than ever yet his grace had showne.