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com·bo

   [kom-boh]
noun, plural -bos.
1.
Informal.
a.
a small jazz or dance band. Compare big band.
b.
combination (defs. 2–4).
2.
Australian Slang. a white man living with Aborigines or having an Aborigine wife, usually in a common-law marriage.
Origin:
1920–25; comb(ination) + -o
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combo (ˈkɒmbəʊ)
 
—n , pl -bos
1.  a small group of musicians, esp of jazz musicians
2.  informal any combination

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combo
1929, U.S. slang, in entertainment (jazz groups, dance teams), short for combination.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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combo definition

[ˈkɑmbo]
  1. n.
    a small group of musicians; a small band. (From combination.) : Andy started his own combo and made money from day one.
  2. n.
    a combination of people or things. : The dish was a combo of fish, garlic, and cream.
  3. n.
    a bisexual person. : Nobody would have thought that Fred's a combo.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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