kissern.

1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. D^v Some brought forth..pedaries for pilgrimes, some oscularies, for kyssers.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Kysser, basiator, osculator.

a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr^v/2 A kisser of men, in drunkennesse, and a berrayer in sobriety?

1788 Ld. Auckland Diary in Corr. (1861) II. 88 Everybody kissed everybody's hands..there were 335 kissers, and eight that were kissed.

1832 L. Hunt Poems 169 Kissers of flow'rs, lords of the golden bowl.

1860 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 348/1 His mouth is his ‘potato-trap’..or ‘kisser’.

1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens iv. 43 ‘Oh,’ he say, and dabbed the wet mittens across my kisser kind of smart.

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 27 In speaking of parts of the body we might use..the boxer's term claret-jug or conk, but we did not..use ‘I'll hit you on the kisser (mouth)’.

1938 D. Runyon Furthermore v. 81 He is a tall skinny guy with a long, sad, mean-looking kisser, and a mournful voice.

1953 R. Chandler Let. 15 Mar. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 28 Chandler..consumed three double gimlets and fell flat on his kisser.

1973 J. Wainwright High-class Kill 156 Open that sweet little, lying little, kisser of yours, and start saying something that makes sense.