quoz

– The old quoz is generous, however, I hear, says another, pray do you find him so?

Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth 1796

Now, road warrior William Least Heat-Moon returns to the nation's back roads, seeking out the hidden histories, chitchat memoirs and other nuggets of roadside nostalgia and mystery that he calls quoz, from a rarely used word meaning "something strange or absurd."

Aspen Times - Top Stories Brian Kevin High Country News 2008

These off beat, and out of time, serendipitous discoveries are referred to as "quoz".

Blog Business World 2009

The "quoz" (rhymes with Oz) in the title means "anything strange, incongruous or peculiar; at its heart is the unknown, the mysterious."

Route 66 News 2008

As defined by Mr. Heat-Moon (the pen name adopted before the publication of "Blue Highways" by William Trogdon, who says he is of English, Irish and Osage Indian descent), "quoz" is a noun "referring to anything strange, incongruous, or peculiar; at its heart is the unknown, the mysterious.

On the Road Again 2008

'Upon my honour,' cried Lymnere, piqued, 'the quoz of the present season are beyond what a man could have hoped to see!'

Camilla 2008

Indiana by the arm, and, with some displeasure, said, 'Why, what does the old quoz mean?

Camilla 2008

Ace Reeder So that brings us to quoz: a noun, both singular and plural, referring to anything strange, incongruous, or peculiar; at its heart is the unknown, the mysterious.

'Roads to Quoz' 2008

– I've always heard he was a quiz, says another, or a quoz, or some such word; but I did not know he was such a book-worm.

Camilla 2008

'Not at all Jacob; only I don't know why. they call me an old quiz and quoz for; never having offended them; which I take rather unkind; especially not knowing what it means.'

Camilla 2008