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swizzle

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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swiz=zle

CIDE DICTIONARY

swizzlev. t. 
     To drink; to swill.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]
swizzlen. 
     Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swizzle, n. & v. colloq.
--n. a mixed alcoholic drink esp. of rum or gin and bitters made frothy.
--v.tr. stir with a swizzle-stick.

Idiom
swizzle-stick a stick used for frothing or flattening drinks.
swizzle, n. Brit. colloq. = SWIZZ.

Etymology
20th c.: prob. alt. of SWINDLE

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