gazabo
[ guh-zey-boh ]
noun,plural ga·za·bos.Older Slang.
a fellow; man; boy.
Origin of gazabo
11895–1900; perhaps <Spanish gazapo sly customer, sharpie, literally, bunny, young rabbit, akin to Portuguese caçapo; Iberian Rom word of obscure origin
- Also gazebo.
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How to use gazabo in a sentence
Perhaps some confrere 'll lind th' distinguished gazabo a copy iv his Ollendorff.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen | Finley Peter Dunne"Don't you believe anything this innocent-eyed gazabo tells you, Mr. Rapponi," he warned amiably.
Flying U Ranch | B. M. BowerHe was hoping it would not develope that he was the son of the "gazabo" in question.
Dick Hamilton's Football Team | Howard R. GarisSome wan 'll say, 'Look at that gazabo settin' out there alone.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy | Finley Peter DunneFor her mother's and grandmother's voices rose up shrill and shriller, demanding what at all hijjis gazabo she'd got on her.
Strangers at Lisconnel | Barlow Jane
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