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dazzler|ˈdæzlə(r)|
[-er.]
1. One who dazzles: said e.g. of a ‘showy’ woman. Chiefly slang or colloq.
a1800Cowper tr. Andreini's Adam v. ix. Wks. 1837 X. 383 Thou Lord immutable..Thou dazzler and obscurer of the sun! 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxxvi, Mr. Lumbey shook his head with great solemnity, as though to imply that he supposed she must have been rather a dazzler. 1889Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 27 Sept., [He] appears to be one of these dazzlers. He succeeded in dazzling two of the jury.
2. A dazzling blow. slang.
1883Reade Many a Slip in Harper's Mag. Dec. 132/1 The carter..received a dazzler with the left, followed by a heavy right-hander. |