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▪ I. sis, n.|sɪs|
Also siss.
Colloq. abbrev. of sister n.
1656Dr. Denton Let. 20 Nov. in M. M. Verney Memoirs (1894) III. ix. 315 We had need call a councell for marryinge and givinge in marriage, you for your sis, she for hers, and I for mine. 1808Lady Lyttelton Let. 18 Dec. (1912) ii. 53 But oh, Bob, pity your poor Mam and Sis, when they will have to set out on a bleak morning, over such rough, splashy, squashy, jolting and jumbling roads as ours. 1835Knickerbocker VI. 293 All the friends called her sister,..which, as the half was easier to be bandied about than the whole,..soon dwindled into ‘sis’. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2), Siss and Sissy, contractions for sister, often used in addressing girls, even by their parents. 1872C. M. Yonge P's & Q's iii. 19 ‘I knew you were a jolly old sis,’ said Horace with a hug. 1891M. E. Ryan Pagan of Alleghanies 133 Folks call boys ‘bud’ sometimes, jist like they call girls ‘sis’. 1924Lawrence & Skinner Boy in Bush vi. 86 Skippin' up an' down like sis. 1935Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men (1970) i. x. 220 Sis Cat, we both got a li'l money. 1948M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker ii. 26 ‘Who was she? Your only love?’ ‘Gawd, no! My sis.’ 1970M. Walker Prophets for New Day in S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry (1973) ii. 161, I run down to Sis Avery's. 1974D. Gray Dead Give Away i. 14 You'll be wearing clothes at the Private View, won't you, Sis?
▪ II. ‖ sis, int. S. Afr.|siːs, sɪs|
Also † cess.
[ad. Afrikaans sies (also used), perh. ad. Hottentot si or tsi.]
An ejaculation expressing disgust or disappointment.
1862A. W. Drayson Tales at Outspan 67, I have lost more cattle from the attacks of hyænas than I have from lions, or leopards, and as to sheep, cess, I've had nearly a whole flock worried by them. 1909Cape 30 Apr. 6 Sis for her. She gave me nothing to eat but semalina and kofee. 1926E. Lewis Mantis i. iv. 79 ‘Sis, man!’ Hugo had scolded him, ‘you go to see one of these private fellows.’ 1949Forum 26 Mar. 15 The elegant word ‘sies!’ is in evidence when persons to whom objection is taken are present or even mentioned. 1972Star (Johannesburg) 15 Nov. 18 The majority of young Afrikaans people..cannot speak English and..have no intention of doing so. Ag sis! Praat English.
▪ III. sis
obs. variant of sice. |