gazabo

[ guh-zey-boh ]

noun

, Older Slang.

, plural ga·za·bos.

1. a fellow; man; boy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gazabo¹

1895–1900; perhaps < Spanish gazapo sly customer, sharpie, literally, bunny, young rabbit, akin to Portuguese caçapo; Iberian Rom word of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Perhaps some confrere 'll lind th' distinguished gazabo a copy iv his Ollendorff.

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"Don't you believe anything this innocent-eyed gazabo tells you, Mr. Rapponi," he warned amiably.

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He was hoping it would not develope that he was the son of the "gazabo" in question.

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Some wan 'll say, 'Look at that gazabo settin' out there alone.

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For her mother's and grandmother's voices rose up shrill and shriller, demanding what at all hijjis gazabo she'd got on her.

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