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 Buzfuz (Serjeant).Buzz (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Buzz.
 
Empty the bottle. A corruption of bouse (to drink).   1
       
“In bousing a bout ’twas his gift to excel,
And of all jolly topers he bore off the bell.”
   (See BOOZY.)   2
 


 Buzfuz (Serjeant).Buzz (A). 

 
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