bazoo
/ (bəˈzuː) /
noun
a US slang word for mouth
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Word Origin for bazoo
C19: of unknown origin
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Example sentences from the Web for bazoo
Asaro then headed for a Queens towing business owned by one of his present co-defendants, John “Bazoo” Ragano.
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