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• gaby
  gaby

  noun

  a fool.
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  Gaby

  noun

  a female given name, form of Gabriella.

gaby

¹ American  

[gey-bee] / ˈgeɪ bi /

noun

British Dialect.

plural

gabies

1. a fool.

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Gaby ² American  

[gab-ee] / ˈgæb i /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Gabriella.

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gaby British  

/ ˈɡeɪbɪ /

noun

1. archaic a simpleton

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Etymology

Origin of gaby

First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Here's my heart broken, that's all; and Elsworthy standing gaping like a gaby as he is.

From The Perpetual Curate by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

To which Fanny made the short answer, 'That gaby.'

From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles

“It is bound to leak out sooner or later,” Susan Fossett was convinced, “so I may as well tell you: that gaby Mary Ramsbotham has got herself engaged.”

From Tommy and Co. by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

It does not take an Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu to see that, gaby!

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John

"What is the gaby doing, standing there like a gawk?" she shrieked.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.