gossoon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gossoon
1675–85; < Irish garsún boy < Anglo-French, Old French garçon
Example Sentences
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So I sent over a little gossoon with a note, and I don't doubt but they are all at the inn this moment.'
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
"Maybe it's a gossoon you'd like to carry the little trunk."
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
"It was wan word for the gossoon, as he calls him, an' two for himself, Bill," chimed in the man on the next ridge.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
Your own people you know, and can trust to the last gossoon, I'm told.
From The Wild Geese by Stanley John Weyman
"God be thanked, you did, sir!" responded the gossoon, with fervent admiration.
From The Queen's Twin and Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett
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