Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The face or visage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. The face or visage.
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- noun obsolete, colloquial The
face .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
- noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
Etymologies
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Examples
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But on this particular day it seemed as if some of the ingredients were wanting, for the morning and afternoon passed, to the astonishment of all, without a single "phiz" as the girls were wont somewhat felicitously to call the frequent passages of arms in which the two girls considered it their peculiar privilege to indulge.
Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission E.R. Burden
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Dean Swift, the great Irish satirist, coined the word "phiz" for face.
How to Speak and Write Correctly Joseph Devlin
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Next day there was more than one "phiz" between Minnie and Mona, owing to the fact that Minnie's mind was so entirely occupied by her new undertaking, that she could not manage to give more than a small part of her attention to her lessons.
Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission E.R. Burden
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"Lamper, old chap, I _am_ glad to see your 'phiz' again."
The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908
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"Lamper, old chap, I _am_ glad to see your 'phiz' again."
The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908
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He has a long pedigree, a crooked tail and the drollest "phiz" in dogdom.
The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905
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He has a long pedigree, a crooked tail and the drollest "phiz" in dogdom.
The Story of My Life Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 1903
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a key connection between the elongation of Soyer's physiognomy ( "phiz"), and his desire for renown.
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It got his phiz on the front of Time Magazine, so I'm sure he considers it money well spent.
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy is reason enough to applaud him | Arianna Huffington 2010
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It got his phiz on the front of Time Magazine, so I'm sure he considers it money well spent.
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy is reason enough to applaud him | Arianna Huffington 2010
fbharjo commented on the word phiz
phiz just face it
January 12, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word phiz
"He added that he was thinking of Mrs Pullings, of Mrs Captain Pullings, and what she would say to an income of sixteen guineas a month. Sixteen beautiful guineas a lunar month!
"'What she will say to your poor phiz is more to the point,' said Jack to himself... A very ugly wound indeed: he had rarely seen an uglier. Yet Stephan Maturin assured him that the great gash would heal and that the eye was in no danger..."
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 32
February 15, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word phiz
Archaic Britishism for face.
August 20, 2008
yarb commented on the word phiz
Citation on innkeeper.
November 14, 2008