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bazoo

/ əˈː /

noun

  1. a US slang word for mouth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of bazoo1

C19: of unknown origin
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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.

From

"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.

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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.

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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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