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Sunnychen Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Pisen-mean
W'y, boy, I could beat the old judge out of a thousand dollars' worth of cattle and he'd never know it in a lifetime. Did ye ever live all alone out on a ranch for a month or so? Well, you know how lawless and pisen-mean a man can git, then, associatin' with himself. (From Dane Coolidge - Hidden Water)
I couldn't find the word "pisen" in the dictionary, is it a dialect or something?
I couldn't find the word "pisen" in the dictionary, is it a dialect or something?
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sunnychen I couldn't find the word "pisen" in the dictionary, is it a dialect or something? Yes, it is a variant of "poison". That was written in 1910, and the language has that frontier flair.
- sunnychen I couldn't find the word "pisen" in the dictionary, is it a dialect or something?
- Yes, it is a variant of "poison".
- That was written in 1910, and the language has that frontier flair.
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sunnychen I couldn't find the word "pisen" in the dictionary, is it a dialect or something?Yes, it is a variant of "poison". That was written in 1910, and the language has that frontier flair.
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