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Sice (1 syl.)

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A sizing, an allowance of bread and butter. “Heʹll print for a sice.” In the University of Cambridge the men call the pound loaf, two inches of butter, and pot of milk allowed for breakfast, their “sizings;” and when one student breakfasts with another in the same college, the bed-maker carries his sizings to the rooms of the entertainer. (See Sizings.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Si
Si Quis
Siamese Twins:
Sibberidge
Sibyl
Sibyls
Sibylline Books
Sibylline Leaves
Sibylline Verses
Siccis pedibus [with dry feet]
Sice
Sicilian Dishes (Sicŭlæ dapēs)
Sicilian Vespers
Sick Man (The)
Sick as a Cat
Sick as a Dog
Sick as a Horse
Siddons (Mrs.)
Side of the Angels
Sidney (Algernon)
Sidney (Sir Philip)

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