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Catchword: bleeazow the geeazee

Filed under: English

Part of speech: infix

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: Bleeazow the geeazee—a form of pig latin used by the auctioneers in talking to each other. This expression means “blow the gee” i.e. get rid of the crowd. The pig latin is formed by putting the sound “ee-a-ze” in the center of each word that is to be disguised. “Ceeazome” is ‘come.’ “Reeazummbers” is ‘rubbers.’

Article or Document Title:
“Jewelry Auctioneers’ Jargon Obtained From Auctioneers and Jewelers on 42nd Street and 14th Street”

Author:
Hatch

Article, document, publication, web site:
Lexicon of Trade Jargon

Dateline:
New York City

Date of publication:
1938-39

This cite belongs to a full entry for –eeaz–.

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