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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
razoo (plural razoos)
- (Australia, informal) A fictitious coin of very low value.
- Synonym: brass razoo
1919 September 30, The Newcastle Sun, page 3, column 3:Mr. Birt, M.L.A., referred to the "splendid sacrifice" of public servants during the war period. "And they did not get a razoo for it," he added scornfully.
1933 July 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 4, column 4:Mona came with a late run to pip Jim's Boy on the post in 2.13¼. The stable hadn't a razoo on the winner, and when the time was hoisted, 2.13¼, the question went round as to how the grass was going to slow down the times.
2011, Margaret Way, The Bridesmaid's Wedding:Some of those old aristocratic families haven't got a razoo any more.
- (Australia, informal, rare, in negative constructions) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a whit; a jot.
1919 May 17, The Tweed Daily, page 7, column 3:And I never cared a "razoo" for that "shielar" any way.
1961, Ion Idriess, Tracks of Destiny: From Derby to Tennant Creek, published 2021:He did not care one razoo that now the very hills had ears—how that rifle shot rolled and rolled away! Let them all come! He would take them all on!
2009, Marja Harris, My Memoirs: A Period in the Life of Marja Harris, page 28:He ate his Kentucky Fried Chicken and I am not to eat a thing...not a razoo.
Galician
Verb
razoo
- first-person singular present indicative of razoar