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mizzle
UK /ˈmɪzl/ US /ˈmɪzəl/
verb 4noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
better, jemmy, settled
VERB + MIZZLE
making
MIZZLE + NOUN
blood, dido
Definitions
verb
1
To rain in very fine drops.
noun
1
Misty rain; drizzle.
2
A mist; a fine spray; a spattering.
But he knows he need never be in dread of your blade making a mizzle of his blood or of vengeance arriving ever from this quarter[.]
When a gawping Byzantine head bounced past his feet, and a mizzle of blood settled upon him, something changed.
verb
1
To abscond, scram, flee.
As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled.
“Now you may mizzle, Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.”
2
To yield.
3
To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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But he knows he need never be in dread of your blade making a mizzle of his blood or of vengeance arriving ever from this quarter[.]
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When a gawping Byzantine head bounced past his feet, and a mizzle of blood settled upon him, something changed.
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As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled.
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“Now you may mizzle, Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.”
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1986, Joan Aiken, Dido and Pa http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0618196234&id=MNEhgMsgaIMC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&sig=JAfeh2dResB-FcNOuZRJBiu0ISA “Now you better mizzle,” Dido told him.
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