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gawpus
gawpus dial. (ˈgɔːpəs) Also gaupus. [? f. gawp v.] A silly person, simpleton.1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 110 O ye gawpus! Ye great gawpus! It's me, man—it's me! 1853 Mrs. Gaskell Ruth II. iii. 44 The great gaupus never seed that I were pipeclaying the same places twice over. 1880 Mrs. Pa...
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gawp
▪ I. gawp, v. (gɔːp) Also 8 Sc. gap, 8–9 gaup. [dial. survival of galp v.] intr. To yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment. to gawp up: to devour. Also = gawk v. Hence ˈgawping vbl. n. and ppl. a.1682 N. O. Boileau's Lutrin iv. 39 Methought I sat enthroned in the Quire, Where crowds of Choristers my ...
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gull
▪ I. gull, n.1 (gʌl) Forms: 5–6 gulle, 7 gul, 5– gull; Sc. 5 goule, 6–7 goul, 7 gow. [Perh. a. Welsh g{wcirc}ylan, Cornish guilan = Breton goelann (whence F. goëland), OIr. foilenn (mod.Ir. faoileann):—OCeltic *voilenno-; cf. Breton goelaff to weep.] a. Any long-winged, web-footed bird of the family...
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