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单词 mizzler
释义

mizzlern.1

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mizzle v.3, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mizzle v.3 + -er suffix1. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mi·zləɹ) /ˈmɪzlə(r)/.
slang. Obsolete.
A person who is adept at making an escape or getting out of difficulty; a cunning or untrustworthy person. Cf. needy mizzler n. at needy adj. and n. Compounds.
ΚΠ
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 319 Though a needy mizzler myself, I likes to see a cove vot's vel dressed.
1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 115/2 This gave Joe an opportunity of..sending a real sockdolager at the back of the ear of the..‘mizzler’.
1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1897) (at cited word) Mizzler or rum mizzler (popular), one clever at effecting an escape, or getting out of a difficulty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

mizzlern.2

Brit. /ˈmɪzl̩ə/, /ˈmɪz(ə)lə/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)lər/, Australian English /ˈmɪz(ə)lə/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mizzle v.4, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mizzle v.4 + -er suffix1.
Australian slang. rare.
A person who complains; a moaner, a grumbler.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying > one who
whiner1603
whindle1647
whimperer1737
puler1832
grizzle1893
mizzler1945
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 134 To complain: to mizzle and to whinge (whence come the nouns mizzler and whinger, and the verbal nouns mizzling and whingeing).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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