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gossoon

[ go-soon ]

noun

, Irish English.
  1. a boy; lad.


gossoon

/ ɡɒˈsuːn /

noun

  1. a boy, esp a servant boy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gossoon1

1675–85; < Irish garsún boy < Anglo-French, Old French garçon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gossoon1

C17: from Old French garçon
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Example Sentences

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

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.

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.'

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