[Ads-l] pozzy (jam, marmelade) 1914

[Stephen Goranson]

OED's word of the day yesterday had pozzy ("origin unknown") from Jan. 1915.


Here in a google books snippet scan that includes the date Nov. 13, 1914 and p. no. 72, The Oxford Magazine (said to be vol. 33):


... those near him about some jam (' pozzy ') that had been served to them. He fell senseless, but recovered consciousness, smiled, and said, ' [snippet scan starts here] It 's all right, boys ; pass the word along to Mr. S that I shan't want any "pozzy" to-night' That was all. "Mr. S____ , the nearest officer, on getting the message, burst into tears, and all the men were quite downhearted.


https://books.google.com/books?id=0jLmAAAAMAAJ&q=pass+the+pozzy&dq=pass+the+pozzy&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilk4LWwLTPAhWDNSYKHdTrAlEQ6AEIJDAB


Also, possibly relevant (but not available here):

The Pozzy: a History of Ledbury Preserves. B. Hudson et al. Ledbury: Muntjac Press, 2008.


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