gossoon

[ go-soon ]

/ gɒˈsun /

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noun Irish English.

a boy; lad.

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Origin of gossoon

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

Words nearby gossoon

gossan, Gosse, gossip, gossipmonger, gossipy, gossoon, gossypol, gossypose, go stag, go steady, goster

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How to use gossoon in a sentence

Gossoon,' he says, 'put a keg iv sherry wine on th' ice,' he says.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War|Finley Peter Dunne
Another form often used is gossoon, which is derived from Irish:—gas, a stem or stalk, a young boy.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
The divil a pin's point does it matther what comes of me, so that luck lays a howld of the little gossoon.
The Bunsby papers|John Brougham
A minister came the way, and he riding upon a fine horse, and he said to the gossoon, "Where does this road bring you?"
Legends of Saints & Sinners|Douglas Hyde

I'll be alone to-night when the gossoon is asleep, and ye can dhrap in, and tell me what ye like, av ye plaze.'
Adrift in the Ice-Fields|Charles W. Hall

British Dictionary definitions for gossoon

gossoon

/ (ɡɒˈsuːn) /

noun

Irish a boy, esp a servant boy

Word Origin for gossoon

C17: from Old French garçon

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