razoo

English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈzʉː/

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Noun

razoo (plural razoos)

1. (Australia, informal) A fictitious coin of very low value.

   Synonym: brass razoo

   • 1919 September 30, The Newcastle Sun, page 3, column 3:

     Mr. Birt, M.L.A., referred to the "splendid sacrifice" of public servants during the war period. "And they did not get a razoo for it," he added scornfully.

   • 1933 July 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 4, column 4:

     Mona came with a late run to pip Jim's Boy on the post in 2.13¼. The stable hadn't a razoo on the winner, and when the time was hoisted, 2.13¼, the question went round as to how the grass was going to slow down the times.

   • 2011, Margaret Way, The Bridesmaid's Wedding:

     Some of those old aristocratic families haven't got a razoo any more.

2. (Australia, informal, rare, in negative constructions) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a whit; a jot.
   • 1919 May 17, The Tweed Daily, page 7, column 3:

     And I never cared a "razoo" for that "shielar" any way.

   • 1961, Ion Idriess, Tracks of Destiny: From Derby to Tennant Creek, published 2021:

     He did not care one razoo that now the very hills had ears—how that rifle shot rolled and rolled away! Let them all come! He would take them all on!

   • 2009, Marja Harris, My Memoirs: A Period in the Life of Marja Harris, page 28:

     He ate his Kentucky Fried Chicken and I am not to eat a thing...not a razoo.

Galician

Verb

razoo

1. first-person singular present indicative of razoar