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单词 gussie
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gussien.1

Brit. /ˈɡʌsi/, U.S. /ˈɡəsi/, Scottish English /ˈɡʌsɪ/
Forms: Also 1800s goossy, guisie, gissy, geassy.
Etymology: Compare Norwegian gosse pig (Aasen).
Scottish and northern.
A pig, swine. †the gussis croo, i.e. the pig-stye, used jocularly as if the name of a constellation.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun]
swineOE
hogOE
grice?c1225
pig?a1425
pork?a1425
grunterc1440
gussie15..
grunting-cheat1567
snorter1601
sow's-baby1699
grumphie1786
piggy-wig1870
turf-hog1880
troughster1892
15.. King Berdok 3 in Laing Anc. Pop. Poetry 269 Quhen Phebus rang in sing of Capricorn And the mvne wes past the gussis cro.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 331 She didna only change me intil an ill-faurd he-sow, but guidit me shamefully ill a' the time I was a goossy.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Geassy, a pig.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 172 A great fat gussie o' a loon they ca' Jock Wabster.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gussien.2

Brit. /ˈɡʌsi/, U.S. /ˈɡəsi/, Australian English /ˈɡʌsi/
Etymology: diminutive of the name Augustus.
Australian slang.
An effeminate man.
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1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xi. 94 I'm not a booby that will fall in love with every gussie I see.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 33 Gussie, an effeminate or affected man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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