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Examples

  • Believe me, I would not be inclined to give you a brass razoo, so you wouldn't need to feel grateful.

    Woodcraft Folk Memories juliette 2009

  • They mean one third of every darn penny, dollar or brass razoo I earn.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Glenda Larke 2007

  • But easy terms aren't easy when you haven't a razoo.

    Easy Terms 1958

  • We don't rob our friends or even try an 'run a razoo on strangehs.

    Rimrock Trail 1906

  • I knowed yuh would -- I was kiddin 'yuh, runnin' that razoo with the gun.

    The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905

  • Julia and the house and garden man have all gone to a wedding, so we have fed 'em and are now starting out for a razoo, and we don't care whether it lasts until midnight or not.

    The Heart's Kingdom Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

  • Tom really is adorable and I let him snuggle up just one cousinly second, then we both laughed and began to plan what Tom was horrible enough to call the resurrection razoo.

    The Melting of Molly Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

  • Used here like "penny" -- or brass razoo. sundowner: a swagman (see) who is NOT looking for work, but a

    Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894

  • Now, I'm glad you came along, Buck, 'says Perry,' for I'm feeling just like having one more rip-roaring razoo with you for the sake of old times.

    Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886

  • "We haven't seen a brass razoo from the federal or state government towards the clean-up," he said.

    The Australian | News | 2011

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