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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1827
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¶GIZZY, adj. Giddy, uncertain on one's legs.Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 325:
He's gettin fuddled noo I see . . . but as for me, I'm blin' fou, and rather gizzy.
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