Lexicographical Neighbors of Sossed
Literary usage of Sossed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"... my missus she was forced to have a cup o' tea, she was, and she sossed it too
and thro middlin', I can tell ye, for she was bound to swaller it ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"... intending to injure the plaintiff by compelling it to p-iy an excessive and
disproportionate share of state and local taxes, aa- sossed its poles, ..."
3. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... and, having new shoes on, had ' slid and sossed down on her back,'just opposite
my bed-head. Luckily she was none the worse for the fall. ..."
4. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift (1897)
"My shin mends, but is not well. I hope it will by the time I send this letter,
next Saturday. 19. I went to-day into the city, but in a coach, and sossed up ..."
5. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... had ' slid and sossed down on her back,' just opposite my bed-head. Luckily she
was none the worse for the fall. A greater contrast than that young ..."
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