Bezark #24

From The Historical Dictionary of American Slang:

bezark [orig. unkn.] an odd or contemptible man or woman. ca1925 in D. Runyon Poems for Men 15: This bezark… was once so quiet that we called him Silent Sam. 1929 in R.E. Howard Book 64: At this moment some bezark came barging up to our table and… leaned over and leered engagingly at my girl. Ibid. 78: Add to this the fact that he frequently shoved me against the wall, and you can get an idea what kind of a bezark I was fighting. 1932 AS (June) 329: Bezark — a person [at Johns Hopkins Univ.]. 1942-49 Goldin et al. DAUL 259: Don’t crack to that bezark (girl) of yours about touches (robberies).