razoo

British

/ rəˈzuː /

noun

informal an imaginary coin

not a brass razoo
they took every last razoo

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Etymology

Origin of razoo

C20: of uncertain origin

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razoo

"Don't let 'em pull a razoo on you," he said, using the local slang for cheating at marbles.

From Time Magazine Archive

I knowed yuh would—I was kiddin' yuh, runnin' that razoo with the gun.

From The Trail of the White Mule by B. M. Bower

We don't rob our friends or even try an' run a razoo on strangehs.

From Rimrock Trail by Joseph Allan Dunn

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 Eleanor Gates

He'd get the grand razoo all along the line.

From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott

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