gaw
[ gaw ]
nounChiefly Scot.
a narrow, trenchlike depression, especially a furrow in the earth or a worn or thin area in cloth.
Origin of gaw
1First recorded in 1785–95; origin uncertain
Words Nearby gaw
Other definitions for G.A.W. (2 of 2)
G.A.W.
abbreviation
guaranteed annual wage.
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How to use gaw in a sentence
Meach-o-shn-gaw, Little White Bear; a spirited and distinguished brave, with a scalping-knife grasped in his hand.
Every gew-gaw which flashes on that haughty head, too haughty to bend to me, shall shriek my name into your ears.
The Leavenworth Case | Anna Katherine GreenWell, why in heaven's name shouldn't High Jinks buy a trumpery, gee-gaw parasol?
If Winter Comes | A.S.M. HutchinsonAnd when you get a life that finds pleasure in a trumpery, gee-gaw parasol, well that's more pathetic still.
If Winter Comes | A.S.M. HutchinsonSo begin play lika diss: 'O gaw, O my ancestors, givva me res'; givva me foo'; givva me wadder!
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