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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"Don't you believe anything this innocent-eyed gazabo tells you, Mr. Rapponi," he warned amiably.
From The Flying U Ranch by Bower, B. M.
You weak-minded old gazabo, is it to hear ye singin' topical songs thot Oi came down from Archery road?
From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan)
Come on, boys—no use trying to bluff that gazabo.
From The Flying U's Last Stand by Bower, B. M.
"Der's an old gazabo here," said the bouncer to me one day, "and he's got de angel goods on him O.K."
From From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine by Irvine, Alexander
It's a dilapidated tumbledown old gazabo of a place, and yet there's a kind of prettiness about it in summer-time, when the garden is full of flowers.
From Fenton's Quest by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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