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phiz

[ fiz ]

noun

Slang.


Phiz

1

/ ´Úɪ³ú /

noun

  1. Phiz18151882MEnglishARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: illustrator real name Hablot Knight Browne. 1815–82, English painter, noted for his illustrations for Dickens' novels
“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

phiz

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/ ´Úɪ³ú /

noun

  1. slang.
    the face or a facial expression Also calledphizogˈ´Úɪ³úÉ’É¡fɪˈzÉ’É¡

    an ugly phiz

“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 phiz1

Abbreviation of physiognomy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of phiz1

C17: colloquial shortening of physiognomy
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The father's great red face, with its peaked yellow beard, contrasts touchingly, somehow, with the wee pale phiz of his little son.

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"Take off your goold specs, Ag; let's see your Dimmycratic phiz out and out!" said Flan Sucker at the top of his voice, from the outskirts of the assemblage.

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The little steamer that makes the tour of Lake Leman, began to "phiz" by sunrise directly under the windows of our hotel.

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“Give it to us! give it to us!†echoed the whole company, getting an inkling, from the solemn phiz of the old gentleman, that something rich was in the wind.

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I never saw the fellow before he came here, but I've made the acquaintance of his phiz in the rogue's gallery.

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