gobdaw

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Noun[edit]

gobdaw (plural gobdaws)

  1. (Ireland, slang) A foolish or pretentious person.
    • 1968, Myles Na Gopaleen, The Best of Myles: A Selection from ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’, MacGibbon and Kee, page 81:
      The ignorant self-opinionated sod-minded suet-brained ham-faced mealy-mouthed streptococcus-ridden gang of natural gobdaws!

References[edit]

  • "gobdaw, n.". Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, December 2013.
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