| 释义 |
† quoz Obs.
[App. a fanciful formation: cf. quiz.]
a. A queer or absurd person or thing (also as pl.).
b. Used as an ejaculation or retort, to express incredulity, contempt, etc.
1790Bystander 93 Mr. World [the newspaper] might retort that Mr. Herald was a Quoz, and a low print. 1796F. Burney Camilla vii. xiii. 200 Upon my honour,..the quoz of the present season are beyond what a man could have hoped to see! 1802in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. VI. 197 At length it was announced, that Pic-Nic, like Quoz, which was chalked some years ago on windows and doors, really meant nothing. 1841C. Mackay Mem. Pop. Delus. I. 325 Many years ago the favourite phrase (for, though but a monosyllable, it was a phrase in itself) was Quoz. |