gaby

[ gey-bee ]

noun,plural ga·bies.British Dialect.
  1. a fool.

Origin of gaby

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain

Words Nearby gaby

Other definitions for Gaby (2 of 2)

Gaby
[ gab-ee ]

noun
  1. a female given name, form of Gabriella.

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How to use gaby in a sentence

  • Why, ye gaby, ye might as well ask me does a pianny lay eggs.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War | Finley Peter Dunne
  • It owed not a little of its charm, I suspect, to the fact that none of the correspondents had seen gaby.

  • The Bishop made the mistake at the beginning of calling upon the Censor to suppress gaby.

  • I suppose you want me to marry that great gaby, Sir Denis Fabian, you are for ever inviting to the house?

    The Black Moth | Georgette Heyer
  • His nose, broken at the bridge and thick at the end, gave him the wondering look of a gaby in the streets of Paris.

British Dictionary definitions for gaby

gaby

/ (ˈɡeɪbɪ) /


nounplural -bies
  1. archaic, or dialect a simpleton

Origin of gaby

1
C18: of unknown origin

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