| 释义 |
Definition of gongoozler in English: gongoozlernoun ɡɒŋˈɡuːzlə informal An idle spectator. Example sentencesExamples - Alan Lindley, an eighth-generation lock keeper working on the Grand Canal, has been dealing with gongoozlers and boatmen for more than 20 years.
- The area is thus ideal for tourists, as well as for gongoozlers.
- Fradley is a very popular location for both boaters and gongoozlers and moorings can often be very difficult to find.
- We will turn at Foxton and ascend the wonderful staircase locks, always a popular spot for gongoozlers.
- Cowley lock had a sprinkling of gongoozlers as we started the ascent of the canal which only finishes atop the Chiltern Escarpment at Tring.
Origin Early 20th century (originally denoting a person who idly watched activity on a canal); rare before 1970: perhaps from Lincolnshire dialect gawn and gooze 'stare, gape'. |