noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who is clever at effecting an escape, or getting out of a difficulty. UK, obsolete, slang
2. 2
   A complainer; a grumbler; a moaner. Australia, rare, slang

Etymology

Presumably mizzle + -er, from mizzle (“abscond, scram, flee”).

Related phrases

needy mizzler

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