Citations:outish

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English citations of outish

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  • 1864, C. French Richards, John Guilderstring's Sin (page 22)
    "Now I have it," he said, after a time; "it was an outish name; Charlotte Cleytone; that was it, that was it; my mother's name was Charlotte, and it will be many a year before I forget that."
  • 1925, Scalpel: University of Michigan Training School for Nurses:
    ... outish; But in's are mixed in too. I guess it's kinda natural For us to slip a bit And fail to be too perfect Lest we would be 'bout it. Yep, The best of us are jealous, And yet unselfish too. The best of us are are outish; But 
  • 1926, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, page 177:
    OUTISH. 'Er gets a bit outish on times.' Said by a man, applying for relief to Tiverton Guardians, whose wife was subject to fits of insanity accompanied by temper. M. T. F. The word out is often used in the dialect in the