gossoon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gossoon
1675–85; < Irish garsún boy < Anglo-French, Old French garçon
Example Sentences
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He is to add half an acre to his potato-garden, or to buy another pig, or to send the "gossoon" to a school in the town, or to pay his passage to New York.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Edmund Downey
It was therefore decided that he should return with the pony to Murranakilty; while I, having procured a gossoon to carry my baggage, made the best of my way towards the Ennis road.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
"Work away, boys," said the gossoon in question; "I'll engage I'll shoulder my loy at the end of the ridge as soon as some of ye that's spaking."
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
As he spoke he arose from the table, and, lighting a small lantern he always carried with him, hastened to the door, where already the two horses were standing, a bare-legged "gossoon" holding the bridles.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
"Bill, don't lane on that boy on the ridge wid you; he's not much more nor a gossoon; give him a start of you."
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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