mozzn.
/mɒz/, U.S. /mɑz/, Australian English /mɔz/ Australian slang.
to put the mozz on: to exert a malign influence on, to jinx.
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1924 C. J. Dennis Rose of Spadgers 75 Too much soul-ferritin' might put the moz On this 'ere expedition.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 47 Put the moz on someone, to inconvenience a person.
1956 A. Marshall How's Andy Going? 200 ‘Looking ahead like that never does any bloody good to any man,’ observed Pat. ‘It puts the moz on him.’
1974 K. Stackpole & A. Trengrove Not just for Openers ii. 32 She felt she put the moz on him... She couldn't bear to go in case she was a jinx.
1985 Canberra Times 6 Sept. 1/1 He has put the mozz on runners before. He backed Mr Peacock against Mr Fraser and lost.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
mozzv.
/mɒz/, U.S. /mɑz/, Australian English /mɔz/ Australian slang.
transitive. To jinx; to deter, to hinder.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > from an action, purpose, etc.
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privea1387
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stop1488
sever?1507
discourage1528
seclude?1531
prevent1533
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to put bya1586
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to stop off1891
mozz1941
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 47 Moz, to interrupt, to hinder.
1965 F. Hardy Yarns of Billy Borker xx. 107 ‘Don't mozz a man,’ I tells him. ‘You're well named, I'll say that for you, Calamity.’
1974 J. Powers Last of Knucklemen 49 Don't let him mozz you, Monk.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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