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or doo·zie (dū'zē) 
n. Slang, pl., -zies.
Something extraordinary or bizarre: "Among the delicious names taken by, or given to, minor political parties in the United States . . . are these doozies: Quids, Locofocos, Barnburners, Coodies, Hunkies, Bucktails" (Saturday Review).
n. Slang, pl., -zies.
Something extraordinary or bizarre: "Among the delicious names taken by, or given to, minor political parties in the United States . . . are these doozies: Quids, Locofocos, Barnburners, Coodies, Hunkies, Bucktails" (Saturday Review).
[Possibly blend of DAISY and Duesenberg, a luxury car of the late 1920s and 1930s.]
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adjective
adjective
1: Remarkable, first-rate, stunning, (1903 —) .
Courier-mail (Brisbane): Swingers Saturday Night was doozy (1975).noun
2: Something of surprising size or excellence. (1916 —) .
[Origin uncertain; perh. a variant of daisynoun 1 , first-rate example of anything.]
adjective
1: Remarkable, first-rate, stunning, (1903 —) .
Courier-mail (Brisbane): Swingers Saturday Night was doozy (1975).
2: Something of surprising size or excellence. (1916 —) .
[Origin uncertain; perh. a variant of daisy
| doozer, doover, door-step | |
| dope, dopester, dopey |
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