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geezer
noun- a man UK, 1885
Possibly from Basque giza (a man), picked up by Wellington’s soldiers during the Peninsular War (1808–1814); alternatively it may derive from C15 English dialect guiser (a mummer). Variant spellings include “geyser” and the abbreviated “geez”. - Last week down our alley come a toff, / Nice old geezer with a nasty cough — Albert Chevalier, Wot Cher! or Knocked ‘em in the Old Kent Road, 1891
- He is a dark, middle-sized, middle-aged geezer with an ugly, oh but definitely ugly, kisser [face][.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 9, 1956
- I turned and saw a fellow who I had never seen before in my life. He was a big geezer. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 18, 1958
- Anyway, you’re being finished at the Art School for some suave international geyser with handmade shoes. — Peter Nichols, Promenade [Six Granada Plays], p. 50, 1959
- That smart old geezer owned buildings, dry cleaning stores, groceries, you name it. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, 1975
- — Vivian Stanshall, Ginger Geezer, 1981
- He was a right lovely geezer but, like so many people, he was shy. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 74, 2000
- Discipline maketh the geez[.] — Roots Manuva, Witness (One Hope), 2001
- an old person, somewhat infirm UK, 1885
An objectionable reference to a senior citizen. - They look like harmless old geezers. — Chester Gould, Dick Tracy Meets the Night Crawler, p. 31, 1945
- That smart old geezer owned buildings, dry cleaning stores, groceries, you name it. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 28, 1975
- — Multicultural Management Program Fellows Dictionary of Cautionary Words and Phrases, 1989
- When she asked one of the old duffers why they called their beauty contest winner “Miss Emerson,” the geezer said, “Knock-knock.” — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 229, 1993
- Why don’t you geezers take your game over to the park. — Get Shorty, 1995
- Even a dumb geezer should know that emergency automatically pulls up your name. — As Good As It Gets, 1997
- a fellow prisoner UK
- — Frank Norman, Bang to Rights, 1958
- a man who is easily duped UK
- — Frank Norman, Encounter, 1959
- a young manual worker who lives with his parents and spends his disposable income on leisure and pleasure UK
Created by a research company as a sociological label for commercial and marketing purposes; a specialised variation. - Ten ways to tell if your a Geezer. — The Observer, 8 June 2003
- an intravenous drug user US
Sometimes spelled ‘geazer’ from the variant verb spelling. - See, before I geeze, I always clean the area where I’m going to do it with alcohol. You won’t see most geezers doing that, but look at my veins, clean, good, not sore, nothin’. — Nicholas Von Hoffman, We are the People Our Parents Warned Us Against, p. 153, 1967
- Every geezer in Soho knew what went down with Matt[.] — Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio, p. 203, 1972
- a small amount of a drug US
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 87, 1971
- a drink of whiskey US
- He walked up to the engineer and said, “You got a geezer?” — Helen Giblo, Footlights, Fistfights and Femmes, p. 60, 1957
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