What does tissick mean?
Tissick means Nonstandard form of phthisic..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Nonstandard form of phthisic..
“Just a bit o' a tissick 'pon the chest,” said his father, after the child had ailed two days. “He'll be better come to-morrow if you keeps en in by the fire.” But that night poor Timmy grew worse, and, after daylight had gone, fear came upon his ...
So careless of hisself as a child. ' Tis a bit of a tissick on the lungs, I reckon.
He's ill with a tissick in his chest — got it cutting peat, my mother says. And he must see you this very day. Cussing Duchy, he is, and damning me and other good characters.
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Tissick means Nonstandard form of phthisic..
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“Just a bit o' a tissick 'pon the chest,” said his father, after the child had ailed two days. “He'll be better come to-morrow if you keeps en in by the fire.” But that night poor Timmy grew worse, and, after daylight had gone, fear came upon his ...
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