fissle

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fissle

(ˈfɪsəl)
n
bustle
vb (intr)
to rustle; make a crackling noiseto fidget; move or shift uncomfortably
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None of them disappoint, but his "This Is That," a poem of ten ten- line stanzas with two objects in each line, is truly exceptional--"the facile the fossil / the missle the fissle / the art the heart attack"--and not soon to be forgotten.
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