swizzn.
/swɪz/, U.S. /swɪz/ slang.
A disappointment or ‘swindle.’ Frequently in the exclamation ‘What a swizz!’
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > a disappointment
balk1733
false dawn1832
rude awakening1895
coitus interruptus1900
swizzle1913
swizz1915
backfire1925
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
defraudc1450
defraudationc1503
fraudingc1530
defrauding1548
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
versing1591
begeckc1600
sharking1602
shaving1606
rooking1635
defraudment1645
emunging1664
prowlerya1670
bilking1687
sharping1692
mace1742
fineering1765
swindling1769
highway robbery1777
macing1811
flat-catching1821
ramping1830
swindlery1833
rigging1846
diddlinga1849
suck-in1856
daylight robbery1863
cooking1873
bunco-steering1875
chousing1881
fiddling1884
verneukery1896
padding1900
verneukering1900
bobol1907
swizzle1913
ramp1915
swizz1915
chizzing1948
tweedling1975
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > instance of
braida1000
fraudc1374
mock1523
brogue1537
flim-flamc1538
imposture1548
lie1560
cozening1576
smoke-hole1580
gullery1598
gull1600
cog1602
coggery1602
fraudulency1630
imposition1632
cheat1649
fourbery1650
prestige1656
sham1677
crimp1684
bite1711
humbug1750
swindle1778
hookum-snivey1781
shim-sham1797
gag1805
intake1808
racket1819
wooden nutmeg1822
sell1838
caper1851
skin game1879
Kaffir bargain1899
swizzle1913
swizz1915
put-on1919
ready-up1924
rort1926
jack-up1945
1915 W. Owen Let. 19 Mar. (1967) 328 What a swizz about Harold!
1921 V. Brittain Let. Nov. in Testament of Youth (1933) x. 513 What a swiz for all the people who swore that there was nothing in it between Ramage and Cathleen Nesbitt.
1932 G. Clark Mistress ii. v. 186 They want us to go lunch. Just round the corner here... Bit of a swiz, isn't it? I did my best to get out of it.
1937 S. Smith Good Time was had by All 38 The people say that spiritism is a joke and a swizz.
1959 R. Fuller Ruined Boys ii. ix. 144 He's given him not out. What a sodding swiz.
a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 208 We were drinking cheerfully when up came that phrase Quintin Hogg is always using: ‘Really, it's only a swizz.’
Derivatives
swizz v. transitive, to trick by swindling, to subject to disappointment (in quot. 1961, passive).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)]
deceivec1330
defraud1362
falsec1374
abuse?a1439
fraud1563
visure1570
cozen1583
coney-catch1592
to fetch in1592
cheat1597
sell1607
mountebanka1616
dabc1616
nigglea1625
to put it on1625
shuffle1627
cuckold1644
to put a cheat on1649
tonya1652
fourbe1654
imposturea1659
impose1662
slur1664
knap1665
to pass upon (also on)1673
snub1694
ferret1699
nab1706
shool1745
humbug1750
gag1777
gudgeon1787
kid1811
bronze1817
honeyfuggle1829
Yankee1837
middle1863
fuck1866
fake1867
skunk1867
dead-beat1888
gold-brick1893
slicker1897
screw1900
to play it1901
to do in1906
game1907
gaff1934
scalp1939
sucker1939
sheg1943
swizz1961
butt-fuck1979
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > obtain fraudulently
wilea1400
lurch1530
fox1596
shirk1635
rook1647
trick1662
pigeon1675
sharp1699
cheat1712
fob1792
snakea1861
wangle1888
slip1890
finagle1926
skuldug1936
swizz1961
1961 H. Williams & M. Williams Irregular Verb to Love in Plays of Year XXIII. 84 I..felt I'd been swizzed—not just of sex though that was part of it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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