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Definition of gossoon in English: gossoonnoun ɡɒˈsuːnɡɑˈsun Irish A lad. Example sentencesExamples - He told Dublin relief workers to round up 700 poor gossoons and colleens.
- Well, they were going through a village, and a whole army of gossoons were hunting a poor dog with a kettle tied to his tail.
- My little boy has got at the chocolate and he has eaten it all - the gossoon!
- Old pilots and young, fishermen and gossoons, they swept out from creek and headland in their swift Mayo skiffs.
- There was ne'er a gossoon in the village dared tread on the tail of my coat.
Origin Late 17th century: from French garçon 'boy'. Definition of gossoon in US English: gossoonnounɡäˈso͞onɡɑˈsun Irish A lad. Example sentencesExamples - Well, they were going through a village, and a whole army of gossoons were hunting a poor dog with a kettle tied to his tail.
- There was ne'er a gossoon in the village dared tread on the tail of my coat.
- Old pilots and young, fishermen and gossoons, they swept out from creek and headland in their swift Mayo skiffs.
- My little boy has got at the chocolate and he has eaten it all - the gossoon!
- He told Dublin relief workers to round up 700 poor gossoons and colleens.
Origin Late 17th century: from French garçon ‘boy’. |