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glimmer-gowk

glimmer-gowk noun: an owl.

Noun

glimmer-gowk (plural glimmer-gowks)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) An owl.
    • '[E] sit like a great glimmer-gowk wi' 'is glasses athurt 'is noase, […]1880, Alfred Tennyson, “[Ballads and Other Poems.] The Village Wife; or, The Entail”, in Ballads and Other Poems, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 75

Forms of glimmer-gowk

pluralglimmer-gowks

Questions about glimmer-gowk

What does glimmer-gowk mean?
Glimmer-gowk means an owl.
What part of speech is glimmer-gowk?
Glimmer-gowk is a noun.
What is the plural of glimmer-gowk?
The plural of glimmer-gowk is glimmer-gowks.

Words near glimmer-gowk in the dictionary

  1. glimflashy
  2. gliming
  3. glimmed
  4. glimmer
  5. glimmer of hope
  6. glimmer-gowk
  7. glimmer-gowks
  8. glimmered
  9. glimmerer
  10. glimmerers
  11. glimmerier

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