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gawby

gawby noun: a baby.

Noun

gawby (plural gawbies)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A baby.
  2. (UK, dated, dialectal) A fool.

Forms of gawby

pluralgawbies

Questions about gawby

What does gawby mean?
Gawby means a baby.
What part of speech is gawby?
Gawby is a noun.
What is the plural of gawby?
The plural of gawby is gawbies.

Words near gawby in the dictionary

  1. Gawar-Bati
  2. Gawber
  3. gawbies
  4. gawblimey
  5. gawblimy
  6. gawby
  7. GaWC
  8. gawd
  9. gawd blimey
  10. gawdawful
  11. gawdier

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