DCHP-2
swish ice Nfld DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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See sish ice 1918 quote.
See also: sish (ice)
- 1835 We have plenty of work for the ice-pounder in this cove and in the bay, as it was full of a species of ice, significantly called by the people, "swish-ice," which, when struck with the oar, makes a sound similar to that of straw when thrashed with a stick.
- 1835 We have plenty of work for the ice-pounder in this cove and in the bay, as it was full of a species of ice, significantly called by the people, "swish-ice," which, when struck with the oar, makes a sound similar to that of straw when thrashed with a stick.