in-sistern.2
A resident female member of a fraternity or guild, esp. a charitable institution.
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in-sister1644
1644 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/5) Shee was admitted an in sister.
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n.21644- to hand pass in one's dinner pail
- to hand pass on the torch
- to hand round
- to hand someone a lemon
- to hand something to a person on a plate
- to hand something to a person on a platter
- to hand something to a person on a silver platter
- to hand something to on a plate
- to hand the mitten
- to hand the saw
- to hand to a person on a plate
- to hand to on a plate
- to hand turn in one's dinner pail
- to hand up
- to handle with gloves off
- to handle without gloves
- to handle without mittens
- to handshake one's way
- to hang a fipple
- to hang a jury
- to hang a left
- to hang a leg
- to hang a nose
- to hang a one's fipple
- to hang a right