1730. JAMES MILLER, The Humours of Oxford, Act I. p. 7 (2nd ed.). Your fellows of colleges are a parcel of sad, MUZZY, humdrum, lazy, ignorant, old caterpillars.
1770. FOOTE, The Lame Lover, i. Picking our teeth, after a damned MUZZY dinner at Boodle’s.
1789. G. PARKER, Life’s Painter, ‘The Bunter’s Christening.’
| Long Ned, and dust-cart Chloe, … | |
| With whom came MUZZY Tom. |
1829. BUCKSTONE, Billy Taylor, i., 1.
| The constable of the night is at a ball, | |
| The keeper of the watchhouse down at Brighton; | |
| And all our brethren MUZZY. |
1849. THACKERAY, Pendennis, v. The captain was not only unaccustomed to tell the truth,—he was unable even to think it—and fact and fiction reeled together in his MUZZY, whiskified brain.
1889. Licensed Victuallers’ Gazette, 18 Jan. My little game was very simple—just to sham being MUZZY and sulky.
