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▪ I. sozzle, n.|ˈsɒz(ə)l|
Also sawzle, sorzle, † sossle.
[Cf. soss n.1]
1. dial. A sloppy spoon-meat or medicine.
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 330 Sawzles, slops or drinks, given injudiciously to sick persons. 1892in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Sossle, How can she be well? She is always taking one sorzle or other.
2. U.S. A slattern; a state of sluttish confusion or disorder.
1848Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 321 Sossle, or sozzle, a lazy or sluttish woman. 1854H. H. Riley Puddleford 119 (Thornton), Mrs. Bird, who was a great sozzle about home. 1867Mrs. Whitney L. Goldthwaite vii, The woman who..had always hated..anything like what she called a ‘sozzle’.
▪ II. sozzle, v.|ˈsɒz(ə)l|
Also sossel.
[Cf. soss v.1]
1. trans. To mix or mingle in a sloppy manner. dial.
1836W. Cooper Sussex Gloss. 31 Sossle,..to make a slop. 1876Robinson Whitby Gloss. 180/2 Sozzled up, mingled as mince meats in a mess.
2. U.S.
a. To splash; to wash by splashing.
1845S. Judd Margaret i. ii, Margaret..sat down and sozzled her feet in the foam. 1892Cent. Mag. Apr. 914 Preparatory to sozzling his face at the sink.
b. (See quot.) Also intr.
1848Bartlett Dict. Amer. 321 To Sozzle, to loll; to lounge; to go lazily or sluttishly about the house... ‘This woman sozzles up her work.’ 1878R. T. Cooke Happy Dodd xxxiii. (Thornton), A great lazy sozzlin' girl.
3. intr. [Back-formation f. sozzled ppl. a.] To imbibe intoxicating drink. slang.
1937G. Frankau More of Us xv. 160 Then Sophie called; and brooding, ‘Nice schemozzle If that lot stays to feed as well as sozzle.’ 1953N. Fitzgerald Midsummer Malice xx. 242 We can sit here and sozzle gently and enjoy ourselves. |