"Brozier"

I well remember the phrase, "brozier my dame," signifying to "eat her out of house and home." I had forgotten that a boy at Eton was "brozier," when he had spent all his pocket-money. As a supplemental note, however, to Lord Braybrooke's remarks upon this latter signification, I would remind old Etonians of a request that would sometimes slip out from one in a "broziered" state, viz. that a schoolfellow would *sock* him, *i.e.* treat him to *sock* at the pastrycook's; and this favour was not unfrequently granted *on tick, i.e.* on credit with the purveyor of sweets. In reply to your noble corr…