kuss

* The word kiss comes from the Old English cyssan from the proto-Germanic kussijanan or kuss, which is probably based on the sound kissing can make.

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'Molly o' Long Shay were noan sich a beauty, bud aw felt as aw could aw liked to ha 'kuss'd her that day, an' no mistak '.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

'kuss' sounds as if it ought to be a cushion, but it is not; it is a kiss, while a 'kissen' is a cushion.

Three Men on the Bummel 1893

Mebee teh owldur “Menz Ownlee” tingz wuz 4 menz 2 hab plases wer tehy kud tawk krudlee n kuss, n nawt worreh abowt offendin teh wimenz.

pssst… new rool - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

Mi iz one bigg wuv bunneh… Valuntine comng rite up, so gonna kuss my grell!

WUV - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

All the birds of the sea they trolled out rightbold when they smacked the big kuss of Trustan with Usolde.

Finnegans Wake 2006

Atak, 1967- Alice : kuss den Mond bevor er schlaft /Berlin : Jochen Enterprises, 1995

New Library Comics: Week of November 7, 2005 David S. Carter 2005

Atak, 1967- Alice : kuss den Mond bevor er schlaft /Berlin : Jochen Enterprises, 1995

Archive 2005-11-01 David S. Carter 2005

No fodder for camels, and little enough on the road for horses; the chief vegetation consisting of Nerioides, Paederia involucrata, and small tufts of _Kuss-kuss_ grass; Ruwash is common,

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

I gave her a kuss on th 'cheek' at were nearest to me. '

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather