izzard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of izzard
First recorded in 1730–40; variant of zed
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For the carcass of an izzard he received only ten francs; and for the skins two or three more!
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker
After several "pieces" had been endured, "Pa" said, "Play my piece, Cory Belle"; so we had "Bingen on the Rhine" played and sung from A to izzard.
From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
The visitors were fond of izzard, and called for it at the table.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker
His one poet was Burns, whom he knew by heart "from a to izzard."
From The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Ketcham
Mix'd brown and blue each visage grew, Just like a pullet's gizzard; Meanwhile the captain's wandering wit, From tacking like an izzard, Bore down in this plain course at last, "It's Michael Scott—the Wizard!"
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
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