razoo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of razoo
C20: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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"Don't let 'em pull a razoo on you," he said, using the local slang for cheating at marbles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, I'm glad you came along, Buck,' says Perry, 'for I'm feeling just like having one more rip-roaring razoo with you for the sake of old times.
From Roads of Destiny by Henry, O.
And his hull razoo was so plumb sensible that, ’fore he got done, the passel of us was all a-feelin’, somehow ’r other, that Bud Hickok had the drinks on us!
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor
We don't rob our friends or even try an' run a razoo on strangehs.
From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)
Tom really is adorable and I let him snuggle up just one cousinly second, then we both laughed and began to plan what Tom was horrible enough to call the resurrection razoo.
From The Melting of Molly by Crosby, Raymond Moreau
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