DEFINITIONS CONTINUED VERB to annoy by saying unpleasant things (dialect) also GAAYBY, GABBEY, GABEY, GAIBIE, GAUBY, GAWBY, GAUVEY, GOBBY, GOOBY, GORBY CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES originally in northern and midland dialects; of unknown etymology; some have suggested a connection with gape (cf. Iceland gapi ‘rash, reckless person’); but the dialect forms hardly favour this (From E-NED) 1796 - Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Edition 3; "Gabey, a foolish fellow" From: Peter Simple
By the Author of "Newton Foster" (Frederick Marryat), Volume II, 1834 Chapter XV: O'Brien's good advice - Captain Kearney again deals in the marvellous. P. 264
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