Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See teaser.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.

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  • noun sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the Royal Navy
  • noun The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glassworking.

Etymologies

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Apparently an alteration of teaser, referring to it being lighter than formal punitive instruments.

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Corrupted from French tiser to feed a fire.

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Examples

  • Our Missis, however (being a teazer at all pints) stood out grim obstinate, and got a return pass by Southeastern Tidal, to go right through, if such should be her dispositions, to Marseilles.

    Mugby Junction 2007

  • Our Missis, however (being a teazer at all pints) stood out grim obstinate, and got a return pass by Southeastern Tidal, to go right through, if such should be her dispositions, to Marseilles.

    Mugby Junction 2007

  • While Jones and his mask were walking together about the room, to rid themselves of the teazer, he observed his lady speak to several masks, with the same freedom of acquaintance as if they had been barefaced.

    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

  • Our Missis, however (being a teazer at all pints), stood out grim obstinate, and got a return pass by Southeastern Tidal, to go right through, if such should be her dispositions, to Marseilles.

    Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • Our Missis, however (being a teazer at all pints) stood out grim obstinate, and got a return pass by Southeastern Tidal, to go right through, if such should be her dispositions, to Marseilles.

    Mugby Junction Charles Dickens 1841

  • Our Missis however (being a teazer at all pints) stood out grim obstinate, and got a return pass by South-Eastern Tidal, to go right through, if such should be her dispositions, to Marseilles.

    Mugby Junction Charles Dickens 1841

  • The fire-teazer of a modern steam-engine produces by his exertions far greater effects than Milo of Crotona could, but he is not therefore a stronger man.

    A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839

  • The fire-teazer of a modern steam-engine produces by his exertions far greater effects than Milo of Crotona could, but he is not therefore a stronger man.

    A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839

  • While Jones and his mask were walking together about the room, to rid themselves of the teazer, he observed his lady speak to several masks, with the same freedom of acquaintance as if they had been barefaced.

    History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730

  • Penantian akan situs Wolipop kini telah berakhir, seperti yang di tulis DailySocial pada breaking news kemarin setelah Wolipop meluncur ke publik (sekalian mengkoreksi tulisan saya tentang Wolipop, ternyata itu baru teazer saja, agak terkecoh dengan editor notes-nya).

    Planet Terasi 2010

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