gawneyn.
/ˈɡɔːni/ dialect or colloquial.
A simpleton.
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1842 J. Y. Akerman Gloss. Provinc. Words Wilts. Gawney, a simpleton.
1842 J. Y. Akerman Wiltsh. Tales 83 Leave m' 'lone y' great gawney!
1880 R. Jefferies Greene Ferne Farm 257 A hand-barrow, then—you gawnies!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1842- needle-bath
- needle-beam
- needle-board
- needle-bolt
- needle-book
- needle-bug
- needle-cast
- needle-dial
- needle-felt
- needle-form
- needle-formed
- needle-free
- needle-grinder
- needle-grinding
- needle-gun
- needle-hand
- needle-hole
- needle-house
- needle-housewifery
- needle-ironstone
- needle-jerker
- needle-leaf
- mrs beeton
- mrs dale
- mrs dale-ish