Dis
[dɪs]
Definition
(n.) The god Pluto.
Typed by Gordon
Definition
n. a name for Pluto sometimes the infernal world.
Edited by Horace
Examples
- And didn't I car Mas'r Haley night five miles out of de road, dis evening, or else he'd a come up with Lizy as easy as a dog arter a coon. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'll be boun' Missis'll give us an uncommon good bite, dis yer time. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why, now, said Sam, 't was jist dis yer way. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Dr. Koch, who had srved in the Franco-Prussian War, succeeded in 1876 in obtaining pure cultures of this bacillus and in defining its relation to the dis ease. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Von vare fine orishinal of dis, von fine copee of dat, an dis ting, an oter ting, and I den vos pay agen: an ven I go in, dese ting are all exécrable! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I tell you, Mr. Cocher, dis morning, six, seven, ninety-five times, madame must have her litel, vat you call---over her knee. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Missis don't want dis yer Mas'r Haley to get Lizy's boy; dat's de go! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Dis is mine effalunt! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Vot do dey show to me fore all dis money? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But how is it,--dis yer whole lot gwine tomorrow? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is no dis vay in Paris I say; but, _n'importe:_ it is mean of de na-ti-on to make pay for everyting von can see, but never mind; an I do pay. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Missis, I declar for 't, I didn't;--never seed it till dis yer blessed minnit. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Them 's particular onions I was a savin' for dis yer very stew. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- As I've been a sayin', dis yer 's a providence and no mistake, as Missis has allers been a instructin' on us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And vat sal I do vid dis clean voman vat you talk to me about? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Another most ingenious machine for this purpose is that of Kennedy, Diss, and Cannan, patented in the United States in 1892. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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