gossoon
a boy; lad.
Origin of 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 DunneAnother form often used is gossoon, which is derived from Irish:—gas, a stem or stalk, a young boy.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceThe 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 BroughamA minister came the way, and he riding upon a fine horse, and he said to the gossoon, "Where does this road bring you?"
Legends of Saints & Sinners | Douglas HydeI'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
/ (ɡɒˈsuːn) /
Irish a boy, esp a servant boy
Origin of gossoon
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