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▪ I. beezer|ˈbiːzə(r)|
[Origin obscure.]
1. [App. orig. Sc.] A smart fellow (quot. 1914); a person, a ‘chap’. See Sc. Nat. Dict.
1914J. L. Waugh Cracks wi' Robbie Doo ix. 110 Weel dune, Robin Hood; dash it, man, but you're a beeser. 1935‘N. Blake’ Question of Proof viii. 156 He's not a bad sort of beezer at all, if he wasn't such an absolute ass. 1963‘G. Carr’ Lewker in Norway ii. 30 Get this beezer outa my sight, someone!
2. (Perhaps a different word.) Nose. slang.
1915C. E. Van Loan in C. Grayson New Stories for Men (1941) 550 Perhaps it should be explained that, in the patois of the [boxing] profession..the nose becomes a beezer. 1920Ade Hand-made Fables i. 12 One brilliant Man about Town, with a Beezer that never could have been coloured by the use of Malted Milk. 1932Wodehouse Hot Water vi. 112 Back home..a cop..don't hardly even notice it if you sock him on the beezer. 1960― Jeeves in Offing v. 52 It is virtually impossible to write a novel of suspense without getting a certain amount of ink on the beezer.
▸ Brit. colloq.(chiefly Sc.). An impressive or large example of its kind. Cf. beezer adj.
1922Evening News (Glasgow) 23 Oct. 2/1 ‘This is a fair beezer!’ said Duffy, surveying the congested thoroughfare. 1927Scots Mag. Aug. 328 I'm meanin' serial films—no' stories. I ance saw a beezer. It was ca'd ‘Vera the Vampire of Paris’. 1941H. MacInnes Assignment in Brittany (1967) xvi. 176 It was a beezer, all right, A bobby-dazzler and all, Sam. 1993Herald (Glasgow) 20 Feb. 11 Anyone who wants a young ‘beezer’ and is willing to pay ({pstlg}15.99) will find their reward in a Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon, Penley Estates 1989. 2005Scotsman (Nexis) 30 Sept. 38 Fans will already have an inkling that this is going to be a beezer of an album.
▪ II. beezer, a. Brit. colloq. (esp. Children's slang).
Brit. |ˈbiːzə|, U.S. |ˈbizər|
[‹ beezer n.]
Excellent, great; of the very highest quality.
1959I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 161 Other superlatives currently in favour are: bang on, beezer, bonza, flashy, lush [etc.]. 1983Observer 27 Mar. 21/3 Lancy would throw beezer outdoor parties for children at his home. 1990Smash Hits 31 Oct. 29/3 The hot lickin' metal compilation LP ‘Leather 'N' Lace’ have given us a really snort-sneering prize!.. Triple beezer! 2001Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 18 Feb. (Seven Days section) 10/7 Living with his stuffy parents again gives him the beezer idea of hunting down his former schoolmates. |