puckaun

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Irish pocán.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈpʌkɔːn/

Noun[edit]

puckaun (plural puckauns)

(Ireland) A he-goat.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
  Riley's puckaun again, said Mr. Nolan, I can smell him from here.

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