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
We don't rob our friends or even try an' run a razoo on strangehs.
From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)
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
"Wild Cat, you say one o' these Jaspers was bendin' over Jo with this here razoo?"
From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston
He's a darned old hypocrite, cheating widders and orphans by choice because they 'ain't got the spunk to razoo back, and I've allus enjoyed fighting such as him.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
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