- a variation of frizz.
friz
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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frizzes
plural
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A young ’un, I guess; an’ don’t look at all like these hyar purairies, though he do sit that black hoss, as though he war friz to him.
From The Yellow Chief by Mayne Reid
I set there in a transom from fear an' friz ter the spot.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough
With my two shaking hands I fastened the other woman's hair over my own, that would neither curl nor friz worth a cent that awful hot day.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
What a relief it is to say something when you're most friz.
From Six Girls A Home Story by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
One day a housemaid, as he sat At the receipt of biz, Came crying, "Ho, Sir Smith, Sir Smith, Sir Jones's pipes is friz."
From Humour of the North by Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone) Burpee
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