lobbygow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lobbygow
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; origin obscure
Example Sentences
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The Sir stuff," says I. "Just because I'm behind the ground glass instead of the brass rail don't make me a sacred being, or you a lobbygow, does it?
From Torchy, Private Sec. by F. Foster Lincoln
Yet under its influence, just as with his lobbygow and lieutenant, Brodie, he found power and inspiration.
From The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
She had been so engrossed in following the lobbygow that it was with a start that she realized that he had entered Muller's.
From Constance Dunlap by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
McGill is a terrible lobbygow, But he’s drawing a regular shortstop’s pay; He romps around like a crippled cow And shows the speed of a two-ton dray.
From Right off the Bat Baseball Ballads by William F. Kirk
Oh, well," he yawned, "you're on this case, and I'm only your lobbygow; so I suppose I've got to let it go at that.
From Out of the Ashes by Ethel Watts Mumford
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