gossoon

[ go-soon ]

nounIrish English.
  1. a boy; lad.

Origin of gossoon

1
1675–85; <Irish garsún boy <Anglo-French, Old French garçon

Words Nearby gossoon

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How to use gossoon in a sentence

  • gossoon,' he says, 'put a keg iv sherry wine on th' ice,' he says.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War | Finley Peter Dunne
  • Another form often used is gossoon, which is derived from Irish:—gas, a stem or stalk, a young boy.

  • The divil a pin's point does it matther what comes of me, so that luck lays a howld of the little gossoon.

    The Bunsby papers | John Brougham
  • A minister came the way, and he riding upon a fine horse, and he said to the gossoon, "Where does this road bring you?"

  • I'll be alone to-night when the gossoon is asleep, and ye can dhrap in, and tell me what ye like, av ye plaze.'

    Adrift in the Ice-Fields | Charles W. Hall

British Dictionary definitions for gossoon

gossoon

/ (ɡɒˈsuːn) /


noun
  1. Irish a boy, esp a servant boy

Origin of gossoon

1
C17: from Old French garçon

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