Definition of "fice" [fice]

• Chiefly Southern U.S. Variant of feist. (noun)

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• "Besides inflicting upon my own excited imagination the belief that I made noise enough to be heard by the inmates of the house who were likely to be rising at the time, I had the misfortune to attract the notice of a little house-dog, such as we call in that part of the world a "fice," on account of its being not only the smallest species of the canine race, but also, because it is the most"
• ""fice," on account of its being not only the smallest species of the canine race, but also, because it is the most saucy, noisy, and teasing of all dogs."
• "Thirty-fice years ago, my father took me to a movie, a cartoon."