Sissy
See also: sissy
English
Proper noun
Sissy
- A diminutive of the female given name Cecilia.
- 1854 Charles Dickens, Hard Times, Book I, Chapter II:
- ‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’
‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey.
- ‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’
- 1854 Charles Dickens, Hard Times, Book I, Chapter II:
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