butters
High on a Hill
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The use of mizzling: an interesting juxtaposition between the Middle English meaning of a rain finer than drizzle as the "fog" that appears before and the slang meaning of a sudden departure like the "go" at the end. Was this intended?
Yes. I liked the fact 'mizzle' meant the same as 'go' in slang form. Just another word I discovered through one of my dictionary trawls. I have some older ones that are full of words not seen so often nowadays, having fallen into misuse or neglect. And some are too pleasant to pass by.
p.s thanks for noticing
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