gaby

plural gabies · alternative gabey

1. UKregionalA stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.

   I daresay I made a gaby of myself to the world

   1860 January–June, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, chapter 1, in Lovel the Widower, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1861, →OCLC

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   His wrath, then, was proportionately violent when he was aware of two boys, who stopped close by him, and one of whom, a fat gaby of a fellow, pointed at him and called him "Young mammy-sick!"

   1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days

   "[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.

   1902, John Kendrick Bangs, chapter 10, in Olympian Nights

   "You pair of gabeys!" she exclaimed. "You'll see him before the night's out."

   1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 2”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

   Synonyms: guffin, nincompoop, fool

alternative Gabby

1. A female given name from French.

plural Gabys · alternative Gabby

1. A surname from French.