gossoon

American

[go-soon] / gɒˈsun /

noun

Irish English.

a boy; lad.

gossoon British

/ ɡɒˈsuːn /

noun

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

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"Maybe it's a gossoon you'd like to carry the little trunk."

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James

It's right ye should hear what the gossoon fought his way up from to where he stands now.

From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

“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

If any harum had come to the gossoon, we'd have knowed it.

From A Rivermouth Romance by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

“Compared to a light heart, it don’t matter a gossoon, as they say in Ireland,” remarked the farmer.

From Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School by Meade, L. T.

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