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adverb
Yis  adv.  Yes. (Obs.) ""Yis, sir," quod he, "yis, host.""






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Yis" Quotes from Famous Books



... cart. "Here, Richard, go with this man to the warehouse on High Street and see that his cart is backed up close to the door. The salt is stored in the third floor. Load it carefully on the hand truck, wheel it to the window and let it down 'by the fall'—do you get that straight?" "Yis sir, yis sir!" Presently a man burst into the office, exclaiming excitedly, "That wild Irishman of yours has raised hell up the street. He dumped a sack of salt weighing 200 pounds from the third story to the cart underneath, broke both ...
— A Portrait of Old George Town • Grace Dunlop Ecker

... "Yis, that's it," exclaimed the old lady, with some earnestness; "that is jist what it will come to. These boys who take so to book larning will stop working soon as they b'lieve they can get their ...
— The Bobbin Boy - or, How Nat Got His learning • William M. Thayer

... "Yis," responded the captain, "Oi saw lots av thim." He nudged Paul with his foot and a merry twinkle lit his eyes. "They're curious brutes an' not built ...
— The Story of Paul Boyton - Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World • Paul Boyton



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