gossoon

American  

[go-soon] / gɒˈsun /

noun

Irish English.

1. a boy; lad.

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gossoon British  

/ ɡɒˈsuːn /

noun

1. a boy, esp a servant boy

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Etymology

Origin of gossoon

1675–85; < Irish garsún boy < Anglo-French, Old French garçon

Example Sentences

“Faix an’ you must be a foolish young gossoon to lave home widout money.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.

You are not to think, you impudent gossoon, but to do as I tell you.

From The O'Ruddy A Romance by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

“Because, if so, she’s come to an end—as the gossoon said when he slid down the cow’s tail and she kicked him into the praist’s strawberry bed.”

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

The gossoon was equal to emergencies; he put down his heavier burden of goods and picked up the baby, lest it might run back to America.

From The Queen's Twin and Other Stories by Jewett, Sarah Orne

“I’m thinkin’ the gossoon will be sorry for it, wan way or t’other.”

From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Arundel, Louis