gawn
English
editEtymology 1
editCorrupted from gallon.
Noun
editgawn (plural gawns)
References
edit- ^ Samuel Johnson (1755 April 15) “GAWN”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volumes I (A–K), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC.
Etymology 2
editCorrupted from going.
Verb
editgawn
- (pronunciation spelling) Eye dialect spelling of certain regional pronunciations of going.
- 1841, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier, The Inheritance, page 8:
- I'm no used to your grandees, and I'm no gawn to begin to learn fashionable mainners noo — so dinna ask me — I'm no gawn to mak a fule o' mysel' at this time o' day.
- 2007, Jacqueline Wales, When the Crow Sings, page 110:
- Agnes came in dressed in nightgown and curlers. “Are we still gawn to the church bingo the night? I told Bessie I'd be gawn.”
- 2014, Charles R. Allen, 99 Cent Adventure Time Stories: The House of Weird Sleep, page 3:
- “Ah'm gawn to tear yore skin off with this here whip,” came the guttural voice from behind him. “Then ah'm gawn to rub salt in the cuts an' leave you hyar on the floor.”
Anagrams
editWelsh
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgawn
- Soft mutation of cawn.
Verb
editgawn
- Soft mutation of cawn.
Mutation
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- Rhymes:Welsh/au̯n
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