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Etymology

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From a variant of sossle, equivalent to soss +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

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Noun

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sozzle (plural sozzles)

  1. (archaic) One who spills water or other liquids carelessly.
  2. (archaic) An untidy woman.
  3. A confusedly mingled mass or heap.

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sozzle (third-person singular simple present sozzles, present participle sozzling, simple past and past participle sozzled)

  1. (US, dialect) To splash or wet carelessly.
    • 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret:
      A sandpiper glided weet weeting along the shore; she ran after it, but could not catch it; she sat down and sozzled her feet in the foam
  2. To heap up in confusion.
    • 1867, Ann S. Stephens, “Married by Mistake”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      she sozzled out that red scarf, which looks so lovely around her neck, for him. Just ruined it.

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