gaby
See also: Gaby
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
Noun
gaby (plural gabies)
- (regional) A stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.
- 1902, John Kendrick Bangs, Olympian Nights, ch. 10:
- "[Y]ou're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!" I shrieked the last epithet.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2:
- "You pair of gabeys!" she exclaimed. "You'll see him before the night's out."
- 1902, John Kendrick Bangs, Olympian Nights, ch. 10:
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Conjunction
gaby
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Verb
gaby (defective, invariable)
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