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"ref": "2002, “Geezers need excitement”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets",
"text": "Geezers need excitement / If their lives don't provide 'em this, they incite violence / Common sense, simple common sense",
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"ref": "2003, Carlton Leach, Muscle, John Blake Publishing",
"text": "He turned out to be a proper geezer who was willing to listen to my proposition that if he took the door at the Ministry, I would pay him £400 a month to mark my cards.",
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"ref": "2013, Charlotte Ward, Why Am I Always the One Before 'The One'?, Hachette UK",
"text": "When I'd first met Adam, at work when we were both 23, the fact that he seemed a little rough around the edges appealed to me. He was a bit of a geezer, a joker, one of the lads.",
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"ref": "2000 August 25, Moira McDonald, “Outtakes”, in Seattle Times, retrieved 2008-09-06",
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"ref": "2014, The Geezer Gallery, (Please provide the book title or journal name), retrieved 2014-01-31",
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"word": "gros"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "informal address to a male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "informal address to a male",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grabb"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "djadka",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дядка"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"raw_tags": [
"in self-reference"
],
"roman": "lǎozhuó",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"word": "老拙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "老頭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǎotóu",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "老头"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "老頭子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǎotóuzi",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "老头子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "老東西"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǎodōngxi",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"word": "老东西"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oude"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "äijä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "ukko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "kääkkä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "käppänä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "horisko"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vieillard"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "beberi",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "ბებერი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moxuci",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "მოხუცი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bebruxana",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "ბებრუხანა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bebrucuna",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "ბებრუცუნა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Knacker"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Greis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alter Knacker"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "old woman",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alte Schachtel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "geroparáxenos",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γεροπαράξενος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "téraḥ",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תֶּרַח"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥatyár",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חְתְיָאר"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "karlfauskur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vecchiaccio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vecchio rincoglionito"
},
{
"alt": "ろうじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rōjin",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "老人"
},
{
"alt": "じじい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jijī",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "爺"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jijī",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"word": "じじい"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"english": "old woman",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "babā",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "ばばあ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "déde",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "де́де"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lelaki tua"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velho"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "starík",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стари́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "starikáška",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"masculine"
],
"word": "старика́шка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "old woman",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "starušéncija",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"feminine"
],
"word": "старуше́нция"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "starac"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "čiča"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"note": "used by children to address unfamiliar male adults",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "striček"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "viejales"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "vejestorio"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "kikaramba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "gubbe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "gamling"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "ihtiyar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "informal: old person, especially male",
"word": "moruk"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"geezer"
],
"word": "geezer"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/iːzə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/iːzə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"en:Male people",
"en:People"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "geyser"
},
"expansion": "geyser",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See geyser.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "geezers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "domestic water boiler",
"word": "geyser"
}
],
"categories": [
"South African English"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of geyser (“domestic water boiler”)."
],
"links": [
[
"geyser",
"geyser#English"
]
],
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"(South Africa) Alternative form of geyser (“domestic water boiler”)."
],
"tags": [
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"alt-of",
"alternative"
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}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɡizɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡiːzə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːzə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "geyser"
},
{
"homophone": "Giza (in some dialects)"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-geezer.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/En-au-geezer.ogg/En-au-geezer.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/En-au-geezer.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"geezer"
],
"word": "geezer"
}
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