Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a derog. term for an Italian; by ext., a fool.

1968		K. Brasselle Cannibals 453: You’re a gavone (which is about four steps lower than a peon).
1976		R. Price Blood Brothers 196: No matter how these guys come off like gavons at lunchtime, they are professionals.
1977		E. Torres Q&A 127: That fuckin’ cafone.
1979		E. Torres After Hours 67: These fuckin’ gafones I got around me can’t think.
1981		H. Gould Fort Apache, The Bronx 152: Tony [...] the gavone, who tried to pass himself off as a wiseguy.
1988		H. Gould Double Bang 91: Next thing you know they’d be bringin’ alotta gavones from Atlantic City into the act.
2005		C. Overton In the Shadow of the Statue of Liberty 70: Another worker, a ‘Gavone’, slang for an Italian guy.