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gossoons

gossoons is the plural of gossoon.

Meaning of gossoon

Noun

gossoon (plural gossoons)

  1. (Ireland) A young boy, a servant boy; a lackey.
    • "Why, thin, upon my throth, an' it well becomes the likes o' ye, an' that's nothin' but a bit uv a gossoon, to take upon yer to purtind not to b'lieve what yer father, an' yer father's father, an' his father afore him, nivir med the laste doubt uv."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 377

Questions about gossoons

What is gossoons the plural of?
Gossoons is the plural of gossoon.

Words near gossoons in the dictionary

  1. Gossmans
  2. Gossnab
  3. Gosson
  4. Gossons
  5. gossoon
  6. gossoons
  7. gossypetin
  8. gossypetins
  9. gossypiboma
  10. gossypibomas
  11. gossypine

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