phyz:

Or: phizog / fizz / phiz / phizz / physog , short for physiognomy; a slang word for the face .

QUOTE: Captain Francis Grose in Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) as: ' The face . Rum phyz; an odd face or countenance .'

See Also: fizz, phiz, phizog, physog, phyz

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