| 单词 |
mozzle |
| 释义 |
mozzle Austral. slang.|ˈmɒz(ə)l|
Also moz, mozz.
[ad. Heb. mazzāl luck; cf. shemozzle.]
Luck; spec. in phr. to put the moz on, to inconvenience; to jinx. Also as v. trans., to hinder, interrupt.
1898Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red Page), Mozzle is luck... Good mozzle = good luck; Kronk mozzle = bad luck. 1903‘T. Collins’ Such is Life vi. 225 ‘And how much do you stand to lose, if your mozzle is out?’ I asked. 1919E. Dyson Hello Soldier! 32 'Twas rotten mozzle, Neddo. We had blown out every clip. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 47 Moz, to interrupt, to hinder. ‘Put the moz on someone’, to inconvenience a person. Mozzle, to, as for ‘moz’. 1956A. 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.’ 1963H. Porter Watcher on Cast-Iron Balcony 81 Mother is wishing Miss Brewer some female ill, is putting the mozz on her. 1965F. Hardy Yarns Billy Borker xx. 107 ‘Don't mozz a man,’ I tells him. ‘You're well named, I'll say that for you, Calamity.’ 1974J. Powers Last of Knucklemen 49 Don't let him mozz you, Monk. 1974K. Stackpole 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. |
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