Lexicographical Neighbors of Buzzwig
Literary usage of Buzzwig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"Busby Wig (A), a punning synonym of a " buzzwig," the joke being а reference to Dr.
Busby of Westminster School, ..."
2. American Notes and Queries edited by William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris (1890)
"... and the other in Greek with full Latin notes, by Dr. Parr, who was not more
famous for his pedantry and egotism, than for his buzzwig. ..."
3. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg (1863)
"He wore what was called a buzzwig, hecause Bentley and Johnson had been so covered,
and ho was, in his time, the most inveterate ..."
4. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford by Mary Russell Mitford (1870)
"... of the " Morning Chronicle," who, as Person's brother-in-law, and a man of
admirable sense and wit, had a no profound veneration for the buzzwig doctor. ..."
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