gaw

¹ American  

[gaw] / gɔ /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a narrow, trenchlike depression, especially a furrow in the earth or a worn or thin area in cloth.

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G.A.W. ² American  

abbreviation

1. guaranteed annual wage.

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Etymology

Origin of gaw

First recorded in 1785–95; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

So there is no maw gaw to shed in the Baw Waw.

From Time Magazine Archive

The best day for 'em be the fust Sunday in May; an' come that, the mothers did use to gaw up to the chapel—dozens of 'em—wi' poor lil baabies.

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden

As you knaw, Zur, us 'ad to get up and gaw off 'bout three in th' morn'n, and us got upalong Lunnon 'bout tain.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

I'll go with thee, i'faith; gaw, let's be gone.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

"Yes," said Mrs. Marchmont, quietly, but at the same time fixing an observant eye on the young lady; "I never gaw Mr. Harcourt so moved before."

From From Jest to Earnest by Roe, Edward Payson