Fisgig vs Fizgig - What's the difference?
fisgig | fizgig |
(archaic) A small squib-like firework that explodes with a fizzing or hissing noise.
* 1864 (published posthumously), Frank Fowler, Last Gleanings ,
* 2008 , , The End ,
* 1908 , , Captain Margaret , 2004,
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A police informer.
* 1922 , , Parliamentary Debates , Volume 101,
* 2006 , Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push ,
In alternative spelling of|fishgig|lang=en terms the difference between fisgig and fizgig
is that fisgig is while fizgig is .As nouns the difference between fisgig and fizgig
is that fisgig is while fizgig is (archaic) a flirtatious, coquettish girl or fizgig can be (archaic) a small squib-like firework that explodes with a fizzing or hissing noise or fizgig can be or fizgig can be (australia|slang|obsolete) a police informer.fizgig
English
Etymology 1
From unknown + (etyl) .Etymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)page 44,
- Very different were our fizgigs' at Brambles?. Neither powder nor pepper (you know) was adulterated in those days, and if you made a ' fizgig , why it blossomed and starred like a golden thistle, flashed into a myriad sparklets like a tiny fountain for Queen Mab and her troupe to dance around.
page 35,
- Half a dozen boys in linen blazers, their hair in uniform flattops, were shooting off fizgigs in his alley and paid him no mind as he pretended to use his key to unlock the alley-oop door.
Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)page 104,
- They dart their fizgigs . They never miss.
Etymology 4
Noun
(en noun)page 3262,
- In order to make the clause perfect the Minister might add—
- All “spotters,” spies, fizgigs , and informers will be properly rewarded,and guaranteed against publicity.
page 191,
- “Fizgigs ?” Wood asks.
- “Pimps. A fizgig is an agent provocateur – he gets you to do something you shouldn?t do and that will hang you in court. A pimp gets you to do something innocuous that will still hang you.”
