gazoon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French garçon. Doublet of garçon.
Noun[edit]
gazoon (plural gazoons)
- (Northern Ireland) A young farm boy.
- 1938 (reprinted 1970), John Ellberg, Tales of a Rambler, page 217:
- "[...] devil don't it subtract a bit before the thing goes skylarkin' as it will before—500–550—say this is no place for a gazoon that wants to see Father O'Houlihan before he kicks the bucket," and Pat strode off with the subtleness that bespoke youth and fine trim.
- 1938 (reprinted 1970), John Ellberg, Tales of a Rambler, page 217:
- (nonce word) A close body of men.
- 1819, “The Queen's Wake”, in Dumlanrig, the Sixteenth Bard's Song, 6th edition, James Hogg, page 277:
- A close gazoon the horsemen made,
Douglas and Morison the head,
And through the ranks impetuous bore,
By dint of lance and broad claymore, […]
References[edit]
- O.E.D. unabridged volume 4