izzard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of izzard
First recorded in 1730–40; variant of zed
Example Sentences
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I know the whole thing from A to izzard.
From The Opened Shutters by Clara Louise Burnham
"There isn't a thing on God's footstool from a to izzard I won't forgive you, my precious girl!" she said.
From A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
His one poet was Burns, whom he knew by heart "from a to izzard."
From The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Ketcham
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 hotel-keeper knows this, and often makes ‘Nanny’ do duty for izzard.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker
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