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bazoo
/ əˈː /
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bazoo1
Example Sentences
In the operatically messy history of the five organized crime families, other mob figures have been more coldblooded or colorful — Mr. Asaro does not even have a nickname, unlike two of his co-defendants, known as Tommy D and Bazoo.
"Why don't Red start his bazoo?" whispered that long-legged worthy in Elmer's ear, as he lay flattened out on the ground in the gloomy far-end part of the loggers' bunk-house.
The names of some of them will suffice to give you an idea of the style of the contents: very favourite names are the Paralyser, the Rustler, the Cyclone, the Prairie Dog, the Bazoo, the Lucifer, the Bundle of Sticks, the Thunderer, the Earthquake.
Wendell Willkie blew this blistering bazoo at the White House.
For comrades, Brookhart and Wheeler have the tart Moses from New Hampshire; Jones of Washington, normally placid and a bit heavy, but roaring, desk-pounding when aroused; Ashurst from Arizona, with a substantial "bazoo."
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