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Quotation dates: 1805-1916
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GUZZLE, n., v. Sc. usages:
I. n. 1. A bout of excessive eating and drinking, a debauch. Gen.Sc.Sc. 1836 M. Scott Cruise Midge xviii.:
About the time supper was announced . . . and just before the guzzle began.Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie viii.:
In braw gentry's houses, sic guzzles an' bouzes, Frae kindly housekeepers, auld maidens.Sc. 1898 N.B. Daily Mail (28 Oct.) 3:
He opposed the freedom of the city to Mr C — on account of the inevitable “guzzle” thereafter.Edb. 1916 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's xv. 17:
Better a denner o' cresses, Whaur ye get them wi' guid-wull, Than a guzzle ower a hale coo, Whaur ye're nane welcome.
†2. The throat, mouth. Also in Lan. dial.Lnk. 1805 G. McIndoe Poems 47:
I'm sure they'll fit his lanthern jaws, An' gabbing guzzle.Hdg. 1885 J. Lumsden Rhymes 39:
This kingly dog, . . . His lugs doun pendin' to his guzzle.
II. v. To take by the throat, to throttle (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl.; Lnk. 1885 F. Gordon Pyotshaw, Gl.; Bnff., Abd., Ags., m.Lth. 1955). Also in Nhb. dial.
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