muzzler n.
1. a drink.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Man o’ War’s Man (1843) 97: A muzzler of his superb Teneriffe, or a sparkler of his Madeira. | |
| Sl. Dict. 233: Muzzler a dram of spirits. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Aus. Sl. Dict. 51: Muzzler, a glass of spirit. |
2. a blow to the mouth or face.
| Lex. Balatronicum n.p.: Muzzler. A violent blow on the mouth. The milling cove tipped the cull a muzzler; the boxer gave the fellow a blow on the mouth. | |
| Real Life in London I 350: He re-salated poor Pat with a muzzler, which drew claret in a moment. | |
| ‘Nocturnal Sports’ in Universal Songster II 180/1: Had just tipped the cove o’ the ken a muzzler. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Ely’s Hawk & Buzzard (NY) Sept. 6 n.p.: Sam popped in a tremendous muzzler with his left. | |
| Era (London) 6/36/3: Crockett [...] rattled away with both mawleys, and planted some muzzlers. | |
| Sl. Dict. | |
| Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 6: Muzzler - A blow in the mouth. | |
| Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant. | |
| Aus. Sl. Dict. 51: Muzzler, [...] a blow on the mouth. |
3. (US) a crook, a strong-arm robber.
 | Rogues and Rogueries of N.Y. 112: ‘Muzzling’ — A New Dodge. [...] ‘Muzzlers’ stand on corners, apparently skylarking among themselves. Suddenly one of them falls down and rolls himself against the pedestrian, who also must tumble. The man [...] is soon on top of the [pedestrian] [...] and [...] places his hand upon his face, presses his nostrils together [...] and covers his mouth with his hand. [...] While this is done by one, the others go through the man’s pockets. | |
| Birmingham Eve. Post 29 Mar. 5/1: An American ‘institution,’ termed ‘muzzling’. The ’muzzlers’ stand at street corners ‘larking.’ A passenger approaches [...] in an instant the ‘muzzler’ is upon him. | |
| Und. Speaks n.p.: Muzzler, a crook who impersonates a police officer. |
4. (US, esp. prison) a homosexual, spec. a fellator.
| Journal of Murder in Gaddis & Long (2002) 116: I have met every kind of a crook there is. [...] last but not least muzzlers and guzzlers. | |
| Prison Days and Nights 149: The oral copulators are variously referred to as ‘muzzlers’, ‘fairies’, ‘fags’, ‘pansies’, and the like; the passive participants in sodomy are called ‘punks’, ‘gonsils’, ‘mustard pots’, or even more direct physical terms are used. | |
| Lust 101: Say, I always know when I’m hungry, and I get somthin’ to eat pretty quick. There’s always at least one muzzler in de Tea House, an’ I know how to make their tongues hang out. | |
| ‘Lang. of Homosexuality’ Appendix VII in Henry Sex Variants. | |
| Guild Dict. Homosexual Terms 31: muzzler (n.): A homosexual, as used by male prostitutes in a derogatory sense. Perhaps derived from the same muzzling or nuzzling of a female’s breasts on the part of a heterosexual. |
5. (US) a contemptible person.
| Grimhaven 109: ‘Why, you big muzzler!’ Jock snorted. | |
| Prison Nurse (1964) 83: Aw gee, boss; how can you expect me to play ball with that muzzler. | |
| Decade 240: The muzzler invited me to ride to Philadelphia. | |
| et al. DAUL 143/2: Muzzler. (P) A contemptible fellow, as an informer or a degenerate; an unpopular prison keeper or other official. |