See icee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1981, “Student Life”, in Ann Katzenstein, Carmen Thomas, editors, Vincentian, Shreveport, La.: Saint Vincent’s Academy, page 138:",
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"ref": "1986 February 15, Linda Deckard, “Szabo expanding food offerings at Anaheim Stadium”, in Tom Powell, editor, Amusement Business: The International Mass Entertainment Newsweekly, New York, N.Y.: Billboard Publications, Inc., →ISSN, page 15:",
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"ref": "1987 April 10, Matt Frazier, “Triathlon pushes competitors”, in Almagest, volume 22, number 33, Shreveport, La.: Louisiana State University in Shreveport, page 5, column 2:",
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"text": "Slish, slush, slurp went the sound of sophomores slurping up their icees. When asked sophomores said icees were the only thing they could just not say no to. “I have gym sixth hour and an icee is the only thing to look forward to when you are hot and sweaty, ” said sophomore Lane Dossett. […] “Mixed icees are my favorite because I can never choose just one,” said sophomore Mindy McCormack.",
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"text": "She stood indecisively in front of the drugstore, wanting a Coke icee. The heated aroma of warn donuts floated by on the damp air from the bakery next door, where they also had an icee machine, leaking crystal tendrils of cold condensation down its refrigerated front.",
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"ref": "2003, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Gina Arias, Moises Nunez, Ericka Phillips, Peter McFarlane, Rodrick Wallace, Robert E. Fullilove III, “What Did Ian Tell God?: School Violence in East New York”, in Mark H. Moore, Carol V. Petrie, Anthony A. Braga, Brenda L. McLaughlin, editors, Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence: Case Studies of School Violence Committee, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, →ISBN, part I (Case Studies of Lethal School Violence), page 228:",
"text": "As one example, Jason described, at approximately age 5, seeing an even littler boy stab his older brother with a broken bottle because he would not share his icee. Jason exclaimed, “Over an icee!” the chill of the moment still with him, nearly 20 years later.",
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"ref": "2004 May, Kimberley White, chapter 6, in Forever After, Washington, D.C.: Arabesque/BET Books, →ISBN, pages 62–65:",
"text": "He used a broad finger to trace a circle on the condensation of Jova’s lemon icee cup. […] You wouldn’t even let me buy your lemon icee. […] Jova looked over at him, but he continued to watch the boats, sipping on his icee. […] Not able to think of a snappy comeback, Jova turned toward the water and drank several gulps of her lemon icee.",
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"ref": "2005, David Rivera, Jr., “In the Beginning”, in Harlem’s Dragon: The Love You Can’t Fight, New York, N.Y.: Strebor Books, published 2006 February, →ISBN, page 8:",
"text": "Any kid with a quarter or more went to the little Spanish man who sold icees from a push cart and served them in Dixie cups. You could get coconut, cherry, mango, or rainbow flavors. Spanish people in the neighborhood called them coquitos because back in the day, they only came in coconut flavor. Nobody gave a shit about that. Now they’re icees. Chemah was walking with his icee extended in front of him, so not to mess up his school clothes, when he was pushed from behind and fell to the floor. He let go of the icee a split second before hitting the concrete so that he could use both hands to keep from losing his fronts.",
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