Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A silly, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. A simpleton; a dunce; a lout.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun regional A
stupid ,foolish person; asimpleton ; adunce .
Etymologies
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Examples
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i love her n we have the same nickname gaby but my full name is gabrielle report abuseposted June 4, 2010, 5: 22 am PDT
Yahoo! Oscars News 2010
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He rises with the occasion, and the sheepish "gaby" becomes the knowing practical man; his is now the voice of authority, and his comrades recant on the spot, acknowledge his superiority without a murmur, and perform "ko-tow" before the once despised man of undeveloped abilities.
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869
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$q = "UPDATE tbl_users SET username = $username, password = $password WHERE user_ID = $user_ID"; mysql_query ($q, $connection) or die (mysql_error ()); now i am getting the error Unknown column 'gaby' in 'field list'.
Digital Point Forums 2009
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In Pogradec we had a gaby party which was basically everyone dressing up in the most ridiculous outfits ever but we had a blast.
Archive 2008-07-01 Schatzie86 2008
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In Pogradec we had a gaby party which was basically everyone dressing up in the most ridiculous outfits ever but we had a blast.
On the Road Again.... Schatzie86 2008
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If you looked no further than the most conspicuous feature of his face, a nose covered with excrescences red and swollen enough to figure in a dish of truffles, you might have inferred that the worthy man had an easy temper, foolish and easy-going, that of a perfect gaby; and you would have been deceived, like all at the
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To which Fanny made the short answer, ‘That gaby.’
Little Dorrit 2007
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Such this gaby, my own, my arch fool; he sees not, he hears not
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Such this gaby, my own, my arch fool; he sees not, he hears not
Poems and Fragments 2006
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She is still whimpering after that gaby of a husband — dead (and served right!) these fifteen years.
Vanity Fair 2006
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