buzzie
/ˈbʌzi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A bur.
noun
A gypsy.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Dredging wasn't mining. A man had to know something about lode mining, and could Andy name a man working on the boat who knew a muckstick from a buzzie?"
- "Both buzzies were broke down. Burke left me alone to do my work. I disconnected teh compressed-air lines, opened my tool box and got at it."
- "Technology such as steam-powered hoists and "buzzies," hand-held, two-man air drills, speeded up production but did nothing to improve working conditions. The buzzies, in fact, produced so much fine dust that they led to a higher rate of silicosis, a debilitating respiratory disease, and were soon dubbed "widowmakers.""
- "That's a fair pair of buzzies you've got there."
- "A nod an carry on dancing, bouncin about madly, glad a wore me sports bra - if a hadn't've then me buzzies'd be in agony by now."
- "The brilliant qualities of the Diritto and the Curvo seem to lend themselves to use with sackbutts or large mixed ensembles composed of "buzzies" such as shawms, racketts, and crumhorns."
Etymology
From buzz + -ie.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law, Music.