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gossoon
Definition of
gossoon
in English:
gossoon
Pronunciation
/ɡäˈso͞on/
/ɡɑˈsun/
noun
Irish
A lad.
‘There was ne'er a gossoon in the village dared tread on the tail of my coat.’
More example sentences
‘Well, they were going through a village, and a whole army of gossoons were hunting a poor dog with a kettle tied to his tail.’
‘He told Dublin relief workers to round up 700 poor gossoons and colleens.’
‘My little boy has got at the chocolate and he has eaten it all - the gossoon!’
‘Old pilots and young, fishermen and gossoons, they swept out from creek and headland in their swift Mayo skiffs.’
Origin
Late 17th century from French garçon ‘boy’.
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