snoozyn.
slang.
(See quot. 1823.)
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > other types of policeman
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1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Snoozy, a night-constable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
snoozyadj.
/ˈsnuːzi/, U.S. /ˈsnuzi/ Drowsy, sleepy, slumberous.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective]
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1877 C. Keene in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) ix. 255 This sea air..makes me snoozy sometimes in the day.
1886 J. R. Rees Pleasures of Book-worm v. 178 [He] sits in a stupid snoozy state.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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