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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now rare, chiefly Scotland) A familiar appellation of civility for a man..
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.
‘The gudeman,—he's done with t' paper, and you'll keep it for good and all.’
The centre of the kitchen was the well-caumed fireside, the saut girnel in the jambs, the goodman's seat between the lowe and the candle, and pussy bawdrons not far from the warmth of the ace.
Use goodman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Goodman means (now rare, chiefly Scotland) A familiar appellation of civility for a man..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.
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