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Posted by Neredbojias on 11/17/06 11:29
With neither quill nor qualm, dorayme quothed:
> > From: Neredbojias <neredbojias@neredbojias.com>
> >
> > It's a "giz", pl. "gizzes", short for "gizmacheck" or "gizmachik" (-
> > probably from the Polish "gyzbjzjaczchski") meaning "thingamajig" with
> > an often negative connotation.
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> Here, an "old geezer" usually means "an old man", "geezer" remaining unused
> and undefined.
A taxidermist from Adelaide told me once that in Australia, a "geezer"
was someone who de-feathered gooses. Of course this was a long time
ago, but I'm sure the words "feather" and "goose" were in there
somewhere.
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> dorayme
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Neredbojias
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