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mazzard

[ maz-erd ]

noun

  1. a wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties of cherries.


mazzard

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noun

  1. a wild sweet cherry tree, Prunus avium, often used as a grafting stock for cultivated cherries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mazzard1

1570–80; earlier mazer; compare obsolete mazers spots, measles; -ard
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mazzard1

C16: perhaps related to mazer
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Example Sentences

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The stain came from mazzards, the West Country name for Prunus avium, the wild or sweet cherries native to the British isles that have been eaten since prehistoric times.

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He saw his father fighting hard at the back and ribs with both hands, and Leary hammering his face in a way to make pulp of an ordinary mazzard.

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This part of the county is noted for its strawberries, its gooseberries, and for a sweet kind of small cherry called mazzards.

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And the mazzards were crying out to be eaten.

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Today I may get a thwack on the mazzard which will give me an intervening season of unconsciousness between yesterday and tomorrow.

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