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cess (ses)

noun

in Ireland, an assessment; tax: now used only in bad cess to, bad luck to

Etymology: prob. < assess

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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