gazabo
Americannoun
plural
gazabosEtymology
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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You're a wise little gazabo to go slow on the fizz.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
It's a dilapidated tumbledown old gazabo of a place, and yet there's a kind of prettiness about it in summer-time, when the garden is full of flowers.
From Fenton's Quest by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Young hero— Say, Bill, what's the matter with that gazabo, anyway?
From The Ranch at the Wolverine by Bower, B. M.
"Don't you believe anything this innocent-eyed gazabo tells you, Mr. Rapponi," he warned amiably.
From The Flying U Ranch by Bower, B. M.
Boys, we don't have to worry much about this gazabo!
From The Flying U Ranch by Bower, B. M.
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