gazabo
Americannoun
plural
gazabosEtymology
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
Example Sentences
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Come on, boys—no use trying to bluff that gazabo.
From The Flying U's Last Stand by Bower, B. M.
“I caught this gazabo on the fly, eh?”
From Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
Only that gazabo from Sintaluta who's been nosing around lately.
From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins
I figger they ain't a gazabo on the track can hand it to me.
From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay
He had a motor car which he was running for some gazabo over in Gatun.
From Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
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