Meanings
pizer1
plural pizers
- some Southern US dialectsA (front) porch (on a house).
Caruso thinks with a quiver. “When I saw you two, eating lunch—outside—on the pizer, you was holding hands,” Beryl says, pressing Clarissa hard with her eyes.
2014, Gwyn Hyman Rubio, Love and Ordinary Creatures: A Novel, →ISBN1 more example
The old wicker rocker creaked as Josh pushed back and forth in it, back and forth, back and forth, his bare feet slapping against the boards of the pizer with each rock.
2007, Homer Hickam, The Keeper's Son, →ISBN, page 1
Pizer2
Origin
- Italianpiazza“public or market square”
- Englishpizer
From Italian piazza (“public or market square”), just like the term piazza (“front porch”) which is used in New England dialects.
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pizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pizer
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