izzard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of izzard
First recorded in 1730–40; variant of zed
Example Sentences
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The hotel-keeper knows this, and often makes ‘Nanny’ do duty for izzard.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
The visitors were fond of izzard, and called for it at the table.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
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 Zwecker, Johann Baptist
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 Stewart, Elinore Pruitt
Then there's an M, and a T, and an S, but whether the next be an izzard, or an R, confound me, I cannot tell.
From She Stoops to Conquer by Goldsmith, Oliver
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