ferricadouzer
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Italian [Term?].
Noun
ferricadouzer (plural ferricadouzers)
- (slang, obsolete, rare) A knockdown blow; a good thrashing.
- 1944, Benjamin Albert Botkin, A Treasury of American Folklore (page 752)
- "You goosesap", she shouted, "I've a notion to give you the worst ferricadouzer of your young life, shilly-shallying out there with that old chuckle-head."
- 1944, Benjamin Albert Botkin, A Treasury of American Folklore (page 752)
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary