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gobdaw

gobdaw noun: a foolish or pretentious person.

Noun

gobdaw (plural gobdaws)

  1. (Ireland, slang) A foolish or pretentious person.
    • The ignorant self-opinionated sod-minded suet-brained ham-faced mealy-mouthed streptococcus-ridden gang of natural gobdaws!1968, Myles Na Gopaleen, The Best of Myles: A Selection from ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’, MacGibbon and Kee, page 81

Forms of gobdaw

pluralgobdaws

Questions about gobdaw

What does gobdaw mean?
Gobdaw means a foolish or pretentious person.
What part of speech is gobdaw?
Gobdaw is a noun.
What is the plural of gobdaw?
The plural of gobdaw is gobdaws.

Words near gobdaw in the dictionary

  1. gobblygooks
  2. gobbo
  3. gobboes
  4. gobbos
  5. gobby
  6. gobdaw
  7. gobdaws
  8. gobe-mouche
  9. Gobel
  10. Gobelin
  11. Gobelin scarlet

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