bazoo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of bazoo
C19: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Wendell Willkie blew this blistering bazoo at the White House.
From Time Magazine Archive
For comrades, Brookhart and Wheeler have the tart Moses from New Hampshire; Jones of Washington, normally placid and a bit heavy, but roaring, desk-pounding when aroused; Ashurst from Arizona, with a substantial "bazoo."
From Time Magazine Archive
Bully, say I, not meaning to be funny either," remarked Landy; "for I'd a heap sooner believe it was a bovine trying out his bazoo than a thunder-storm heading this way.
From Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails by Douglas, Alan
When he comes shooting off his bazoo to a man that could swaller him whole without loosening his collar, it's impidence; that's what it is.'
From Red Saunders His Adventures West & East by Phillips, Henry Wallace
You sassed that poor swatty that wanted to keep you out of this, tooting your bazoo like a man peddling soap; but now it's up to you.
From Red Saunders His Adventures West & East by Phillips, Henry Wallace
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