variants or mazzard
chiefly dialect
as in head
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth Granny threatened to whop me on the mazard if I didn't start minding my manners

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Noun
  • His body was found with four shots to the back and head in November 1990 in Dixie County.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That was also Payton’s first season as an NFL head coach in New Orleans.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For me, stepping inside the domes was a reminder that imagination is a renewable resource.
    Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Today, the majority of cloches are clear plastic domes with ventilation holes at the top.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What Lewis is mostly in Denver to do, though, is block.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Officers then came across security video footage from a business in the 1000 block 24th Street, showing the student walking through the area before she was followed shortly afterward by a man taking the same path.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Filled with beans, corn, tender chicken, tomato, and avocado, tortilla soup is guaranteed to please a crowd.
    Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Drain the beans, then transfer them into an ice bath for 5 minutes.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
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“Mazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mazard. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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