fruz n ADD ~ Nfld. Phr in a fruz: in a state of excitement, confusion.
   1924 ENGLAND 4 Gales and snowstorms soon swallowed us; ice blocked us; we had 'de devil's own fruz' for some three lively days. Ibid 155 One night we came near to having what the Old Man called 'a very miserable affair.' Long after tea, presages of serious trouble threw the ship 'rate in a fruz.'

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