"cuzza" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cuzzas [plural], cuzzer [alternative]
Etymology: From curry + -zza. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|curry|zza}} curry + -zza Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuzza (plural cuzzas)
  1. (UK, slang) A meal of curry. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-cuzza-en-noun-HUvRmyjB Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using deprecated templates, Pages with 1 entry, Successfully deprecated templates Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages using deprecated templates: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Successfully deprecated templates: 76 24

Phrase

Forms: cuzzer [alternative]
Etymology: From curry + -zza. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|curry|zza}} curry + -zza Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=|sc=|sort=}} cuzza, {{en-phrase}} [Template:en-phrase]] is deprecated. Use Template:head with parameters 'en|phrase'.">(deprecated template usage) cuzza
  1. (US, slang) An alternative spelling of "'cause of". Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-cuzza-en-phrase-pft-Ucsd Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -zza, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Foods Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -zza: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Foods: 43 57

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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