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Definition of Sozzle
1. v. t. To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water.
2. n. One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman.
Definition of Sozzle
1. to intoxicate [v SOZZLED, SOZZLING, SOZZLES]
Medical Definition of Sozzle
1. 1. One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman. 2. A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sozzle
Literary usage of Sozzle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"These words have all one root, as well as sozzle and Souce, which is the French word
... North. West. South. Norf. dogs' meat. Norf. Bailey. To sozzle ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"sozzle. A slattern. Rarely used. 1854 Mrs. Bird, who was a great ... SoZZle, v.
To make moist; to be moist. 1845 She sat down and sozzled her feet in the ..."
3. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"To sozzle means to lounge about, but is used also of water which is splashed or
spilt for want of attention. ..."
4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"... or sozzle. To splash. Connecticut. In Sussex, England, as well as in Connecticut,
it means to make a slop. A sand-piper glided along the shore; ..."
5. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1859)
"... or sozzle. To splash. Connecticut. In Sussex, England, it means to make a slop.
A sandpiper glided along the shore; she ran after it, but could not ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"... sozzle. (i) To intermingle in a confused heap. Perhaps it may be connected
figuratively with Boas, qv (2) An odd mixture of different things, ..."
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