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"Young Allan," he said, "and you, daughter Marie, I have heard stories concerning you that, although I never gave you leave to 'opsit'" (that is, to sit up alone at night with candles, according to the Boer fashion between those who are courting), "you have been making love to each other."
Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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April 10, 2010 at 4:54 am yup, yu cab sykul in teh parx in Lunnon – teh current Mayr and teh wun Bfor – eben tho is form opsit syds ob teh plitikal fense – bofe has dun lots to maek Lunnon gud fur syklists.
Can you direct me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Iz wun teh kittehs iyees wiurd? iz pointin in teh opsit direcshuns.
THIRD WHEEL CAT - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I did so with an evy Art. I eranged them 23 articles in the opsit carridg, only missing my umberella
Burlesques 2006
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His winders looked right opsit Newgit, and many and many dozen chaps has he seen hanging there.
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I did so with an evy Art. I eranged them 23 articles in the opsit carridg, only missing my umberella
The diary of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq., with his letters 2006
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His winders looked right opsit Newgit, and many and many dozen chaps has he seen hanging there.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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"Charles you scoundrel," says Deuceace to me one day (he always spoak in that kind way), "who is this person that has taken the opsit chambers, and plays the flute so industrusly?"
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I did so with an evy Art. I eranged them 23 articles in the opsit carridg, only missing my umberella & baby's rattle; and jest as I came back for my baysn of soop, the beast of a bell rings, the whizzling injians proclayms the time of our departure, -- & farewell soop and cottn velvet.
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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(he always spoak in that kind way), “who is this person that has taken the opsit chambers, and plays the flute so industrusly?”
she commented on the word opsit
v.i., Of a couple: to sit up together at night as a recognized part of courtship — couples would sit together by candlelight for a period of time determined by the length of a burning candle provided by the courted woman's family. An Afrikaner (originally Dutch) courtship custom practiced in the province of North-Holland in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, and current in South Africa well into the 20th.
August 6, 2008
yarb commented on the word opsit
What's the opposite of an opsit?
August 6, 2008
mollusque commented on the word opsit
Opstanding?
August 7, 2008
yarb commented on the word opsit
Zing!
August 7, 2008