gazabo
Americannoun
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gazabos
plural
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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
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Say," said Larry the Bat admiringly, "youse're some slick gazabo, youse are!
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
"Don't you believe anything this innocent-eyed gazabo tells you, Mr. Rapponi," he warned amiably.
From The Flying U Ranch by B. M. Bower
"Der's an old gazabo here," said the bouncer to me one day, "and he's got de angel goods on him O.K."
From From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine by Alexander Irvine
"I'll thank ye tell me what they mean by that old gazabo on the top of the market-place," said she, in a burst of ridicule fit to have brought the old tower down.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
"If you're such a darn' wise gazabo, why don't you find 'em?"
From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
The snake man instead of getting back on the ballyhoo where he belonged, stood around the snake cage, watching the new rattlers, and along came a couple of gazabos who commenced talking about them.
From Side Show Studies by Oliver Herford
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 B. M. Bower
“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 G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
Joe's 'n' Cal's dough is comin' down the line, 'n' the gazabos, thinkin' it's wise money, trails.
From Blister Jones by Jay Hambridge
Do you know any of the gazabos about here?
From Boy Scouts in an Airship; or, the Warning from the Sky by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
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