miz

comparative more miz · superlative most miz

1. abbreviationclippingslangClipping of miserable.

   But when I finally left the pub, it must have been about five minutes later, beginning to feel a bit miz, there he was outside, leaning against the pillar at the corner, one foot raised behind him - very rent-looking, actually, which should have made me wonder, but I found I was talking to him.

   1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 222

alternative mizz

1. IndiaabbreviationAbbreviation of Mizoram: a state of India.

plural Mizzes · alternative mizz

1. USpronunciation spellingEye dialect spelling of Ms..

   When he got there, Miz Meadows asked him where was Brer Fox

   1988, Julius Lester, More tales of Uncle Remus: further adventures of Brer Rabbit, his friends, enemies, and others, →ISBN, page 13

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   Once upon a time, when dogs barked in rhyme, there was Miz Hattie. Miz Hattie lived all alone in the piney woods.

   1995, Virginia Hamilton, “Miz Hattie Gets Some Company”, in Her stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales, →ISBN, Her Animal Tales, page 15

   Miz Rowe knew, of course, that Flary was at home, and knew that she was making a hand along with the old man and the boys.

   2000, Janice Holt Giles, Hill Man, →ISBN, page 159