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Zist

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Se trouver entre le zist ct le zest.” To be in a quandary; in a state of perfect bewilderment. Also, to shilly shally. “Zest” is anything of no value, as “Cela ne vaut pas un zest” (It is not worth a fig). “Zist” is the same word slightly varied.

 

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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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Zeuxis
Zif
Zig
Zig
Zim and Jim
Zimri
Zincali
Zindikites
Zineura
Zion
Zist
Zobeide
Zodiac
Zohar
Zoilism
Zoilos (Latin, Zoilus.)
Zola-ise
Zoliverein
Zophiel
Zoraida
Zoraide