ossifer

slang A humorous mispronunciation of "officer" (as in "police officer"), used especially to suggest that the speaker is inebriated. A: "No, ossifer, I swear I haven't been drinking at all tonight!" B: "Sir, you can't even stand up straight."

ossifer

and occifer (ˈɑsəfɚ)

n. a police officer. (Also an ill-advised term of address.) Ask the occifer there if he wants to step outside and discuss it.

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Ossifer begins to exit, but then he stops and takes

Ossifer attempts to shoot Moses, pulling the trigger

Pass Over

Let's face it, if your eval reads "Pety Ossifer Shmukateli is a grate sailer," any selection board who sees it will spray coffee through their noses from laughing so hard before dismissing your package.

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/ I'd kick de bucket freely--" (363); "My life, upon her faith, dar's no mistake" (355); "Cassio neber more be ossifer ob mine" (370); "De way I lub her really is a sin / And, when I doesn't, chaos comed again" (374); "No, Massa Iago, I prove before I doubt; / And when I prove, why den I sarbe her out" (375); "More could Iago chat, / If he'd but let de bag out of de cat" (376); "Farewell to de banjo and de cymbals / ....

Black Shakespeareans vs. Minstrel Burlesques: "proper" English, racist blackface dialect, and the contest for representing "blackness," 1821-1844

The cast was: Jon Michael Hill (Moses), Julian Parker (Kitch), and Ryan Hallahan (Mister / Ossifer).

Deep Roots and Radical Joy: An interview with the playwright

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