friz
Americanverb (used with or without object)
plural
frizzesOther Word Forms
- frizer noun
Example Sentences
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Pooty soon Bill said to hisself, 'Goy-blamed ef I don't think he's friz to death, or else he'd say somethin'!'
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
Mush-ice," said the old keeper, "is a mixture of frozen spray, an' ice, an' bits o' drift, an' everythin' that kin freeze or be friz over, pilin' up on the beach.
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Whan that Aprill� with hise shour�s soote The droghte of March had perc�d to the roote, I druv a motor thro’ Aprill�’s bliz Somme forty mile, and dam neere lyke to friz.
From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston
"If she only holds out long enough to help us to find the mine she can have a trained nurse, and waiting-maid to friz her hair—if she wants it frizzed."
From They of the High Trails by Garland, Hamlin
I set there in a transom from fear an' friz ter the spot.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
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