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noun

Frazzle n.

The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. (Prov. Eng. & U. S.) "My fingers are all scratched to frazzles."

A state of extreme exhaustion; often used in the phrase worn to a frazzle. "Gordon had sent word to Lee that he "had fought his corps to a frazzle.""

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Frazzle" Quotes from Famous Books

... the midst of all the sublime responsibilities of his remarkable ministry we hear Phillips Brooks exclaim, "It's great fun to be a minister." An epoch-making president of the United States telegraphs his colleague and successor, with all the zest of a boy at play, "We've beaten them to a frazzle"; and the greatest of all apostles, triumphing over bonds and imprisonment, calls out to his followers, "I have fought a good fight." "It is doubtful if a great man ever accomplished his life work without having reached a play ...

— The Minister and the Boy • Allan Hoben

... Street. Say, it's great! We had a semi-panic last week. Prices went to the devil. Stocks broke twenty points. You should have seen the excitement on the Exchange floor. Our football rushes were nothing to it. I tell you, it's great. It's got college beaten to a frazzle!" Quickly he added: "What are ...

— The Third Degree - A Narrative of Metropolitan Life • Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow

Words linked to "Frazzle" : colloquialism, exhaustion, fray, beat, wear out, tucker, tucker out, bust