gazabo

American  

[guh-zey-boh] / gəˈzeɪ boʊ /

noun

Older Slang.

• gazabos
  plural

1. a fellow; man; boy.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gazabos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gazabo

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

Example Sentences

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gazabo gazabos

Say, kid, that old gazabo that was pinched with you for scrapping seems to have been the goods after all.

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.

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

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane

"Draw a bead on that gazabo on shore," Kent interrupted her faint faring up of sentiment toward the man she had once loved and loved no more.

From Lonesome Land by Bower, B. M.

A big gazabo in a red wig held up Frost, the engineer.

From Bucky O'Connor by Raine, William MacLeod

"Perhaps he's the gazabo that monkeyed with our machines," suggested Jimmie.

From Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

So I kept an eye on these gazabos, and pretty soon I saw the hind fellow turn off the trail and go fogging along behind a little rise.

From The Happy Family by Bower, B. M.

By the sixth round the wise gazabos was offerin' two to one against me.

From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack

Boys," he said, "I was one of de toughest gazabos what ever hung aroun' de square.

From From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine by Irvine, Alexander

Do you know any of the gazabos about here?

From Boy Scouts in an Airship; or, the Warning from the Sky by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

“I should think these gazabos would get tired of waitin’ an’ go away,” Jimmie said, after another long silence.

From Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)