to mizzle

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

To run away; to abscond. A low word.


Mr. Buchanan was in the Senate Chamber when the Tariff was under discussion; but as soon as Mr. Bagby commenced speaking of the "odious law of 1842," the Secretary of State mizzled.--Cor. of N. Y. Herald.

A broker, named H. H. D. operated, in a financial way, day before yesterday, to the amount of 3000, and then mizzled.--N. Y. Tribune.

The Southern men will spend their last cent here; while the Northern men, if they had won, would have buttoned up their pockets and mizzled.--N. Y. Herald, May 14, 1845.

Mo. The common abbreviation for Missouri.

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