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▪ I. razzle, n. slang.|ræz(ə)l|
[Short for razzle-dazzle.]
a. A ‘good time’, a spree; usu. in phr. on the razzle.
1908A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale iv. i. 435 ‘What puzzles me most is what the devil you were doing in a place like that. According to your description, it must be a ―.’ ‘I went there because I was broke,’ said Matthew. ‘Razzle?’ Matthew nodded. 1915W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage 249 We won't 'alf go on the razzle. 1927Daily Express 2 June 6/4 Its heroine..is a Frenchman's idea of a great English lady out on the razzle. 1930J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement v. 213 And now we're going on the razzle. 1943― Daylight on Saturday xxvi. 201 I've got three [absentees]... One's off on a razzle. 1968‘J. Le Carré’ Small Town in Germany 210 Your wife was in England, and you went on the razzle with Leo. 1978‘L. Black’ Foursome vii. 56 He loved making new friends, joining up with them for a razzle in the nightspots.
b. = razzle-dazzle n. b.
1969Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Sept. 1/1 His specialty is ‘Razzle’, a game that in one form or another has entranced fair-goers since ancient times.
▪ II. ˈrazzle, v. slang.
[f. the n.]
intr. To live a life of pleasure, to enjoy oneself; to go ‘on the razzle’.
1908G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 120 He will probably put it to you whether, as a gentleman, you can ask for a salary when you have been doing nothing but razzling in America. 1951E. Bagnold Loved & Envied iii. 39 We ought to be fairly flush... It's not an expensive island. We ought to be able to razzle a bit, if there's anywhere to razzle. |