gazabo

[ guh-zey-boh ]

noun,plural ga·za·bos.Older Slang.
  1. a fellow; man; boy.

Origin of gazabo

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

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How to use gazabo in a sentence

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

  • "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.

  • 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.