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whizzer|ˈhwɪzə(r)|
[f. whizz v. + -er1.]
1. Something that whizzes; spec.
a. a toy that makes a whizzing noise when whirled round;
b. a machine for drying various articles by the centrifugal force of rapid revolution; a hydro-extractor. Cf. spin-drier, -dryer.
1881Tylor in Academy 9 Apr. 265 A toy mechanically curious and called in England a ‘whizzer’ or ‘bull-roarer’. 1887Pall Mall Gaz. 6 July 14/1 The whizzer..dries clothes in 1,000 revolutions a minute. 188.Sci. Amer. (N.S.) LVIII. 178 (Cent. Dict.) Ritchie's Steam Whizzer.—A machine for treating musty grain.
2. Something or someone extraordinary or wonderful; a ‘stunner’. slang.
1888E. L. Dorsey Midshipman Bob i. x. 93 ‘Fore⁓top-gallant studdingsail-boom-tricing-line-block strap-thimble.’ Ain't that a whizzer? 1947‘N. Blake’ Minute for Murder v. 98, I must say she was a whizzer in those days. 1976Zigzag Apr. 28/1 ‘She's long’ features Bill's best guitar solo (despite many other whizzers). 1977‘J. Gash’ Judas Pair viii. 95 It's a whizzer... I've found a cased set.
3. A pickpocket. slang.
1925N. Lucas Autobiogr. Crook vii. 108 The stalls of theatres at matinees are sometimes patronized by ‘whizzers’. 1941V. Davis Phenomena in Crime xiv. 195 There are a score of girl ‘whizzers’ in London who can get a man's pocket wallet..with conjuring skill. 1974R. Edwards Dixon of Dock Green 17 It was also a right place for ‘whizzers’—pick-pockets.
4. on a whizzer: on a drinking spree. N. Amer. slang.
1910B. Edwards Best of Bob Edwards (1975) v. 104 He was only off on a little bit of a whizzer. 1936Univ. Texas Stud. in Eng. XVI. 51 A number of phrases with go refer to the act of ‘getting drunk’: one may go on..a whizzer. |