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fizzer
noun- a failure; a dud AUSTRALIA, 1957
From the sense as “a dud firework”. - — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 36, 1977
- The plain fact was that nobody wanted a fizzer. — John Bryson, Evil Angels, p. 418, 1985
- [Y]ou know its a fizzer when the champion interstate import who “cost a packet” is finally cleared and he “can’t get a kick”. — Ivor Limb, Footy’s No Joke!, p. 31, 1986
- in the military, a charge of misconduct UK, 1935
- — John W. Mussell, The Token Book of Militarisms, p. 1995, 29
- a police informer AUSTRALIA, 1943
From FIZGIG- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 28, 1983
- the face UK: SCOTLAND
A variation of PHIZOG - What’s up wi your fizzer? — Michael Munro, The Complete Patter, p. 55, 1996
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