beezer
Britishnoun
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old-fashioned a person or chap
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old-fashioned the nose
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an extreme example of its kind
adjective
Etymology
Origin of beezer
C20: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Constructed like the Forth rail bridge and equally beautiful, the sections interweave to deliver a seamless coherent "beezer" of a tale.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2011
So this week Holyfield, who's 28, is going to bop this 42- year-old fat guy, George Foreman, on the beezer in Atlantic City.
From Time Magazine Archive
He explained: "When some 200 prize-ring opponents work on your beak, why the old beezer is bound to deteriorate to a point of disadvantage in the pictures."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Got him!" yelled the engineer; "plumb in the beezer!"
From Square Deal Sanderson by Charles Alden Seltzer
"That half-portion Bill Taft came joshing me about my beezer till it got something fierce," explained Jerry.
From Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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