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razz noun a telling-off; a harangue UK An Eton school term.- — J.D.R. McConnell, Eton: How It Works, p. 61, 1967
▶ on the razz; on the razzle a period of drinking, partying and other self-indulgent pleasures UK, 1915 Derives from a shortening of “razzle-dazzle” (excitement). “Razzle” (a good time) is first recorded in 1908.- Al Pacino wakes up on a sidewalk in lower Manhattan after a night on the razzle[.] — The Guardian, 21 September 2001
- After a night on the razz in Korea with Clare, Cox overslept[.] — The Times Magazine, p. 19, 15 June 2002
- I’m not so keen on going out on the razz with a computer nerd. — Colin Butts, Is Harry Still on the Boat?, p. 274, 2003
▶ the razz a beating IRELAND- PAKEY: Padraic O’Dea got the razz. PETEY: He got it allright. Talk about shoein’ a wheel... He got at least forty flamin’ licks into the kisser an’ as many more on top o’ the sconce. — John B. Keane, The Man from Clare, p. 67, 1962
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