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cess
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(cess)
Pronunciation:
/sɛs/
noun
(in phrase
bad cess to
) chiefly
Irish
a curse on:
bad cess to the day I joined that band!
Origin:
mid 19th century
(originally Anglo-Irish): perhaps from
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