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gossoon Chiefly Anglo-Irish.|gɒˈsuːn|
Also 7 gosoun, 9 gosoon, gorsoon.
[Alteration of garsoon garcion, garçon.]
A youth, a boy; a servant-boy, lackey.
1684J. Haines Epil. to Lacy's Sir H. Buffon, French goûts, that mingle water with their wine, Cry, Ah de French song, gosoun, dat is ver' fine. 1802M. Edgeworth Irish Bulls (1803) 161 Even the cottiers and gossoons speak in trope and figure. 1841Lever C. O'Malley vii. 42 The gosoon is gone to look for a pair. 1884Times (weekly ed.) 29 Aug. 14/4 Two or three ragged gossoons were galloping on the flanks of the flock. 1896Contemp. Rev. June 809 Poor unfriended Irish gorsoons. |