What does gowk mean?
Gowk means (Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo..
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/ɡaʊk/ · noun
(Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo..
"Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper.
"What does it look like?" "Like...like..." Catweazle made boulder-like gestures in the air, "like a wogle-stone, thou gowk."
God has sent me gowks for secretaries.
`You daft great gowk, puttin' yerself in the way of harm after all this time out of a war.'
look how the man stands as he were gowk'd
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Gowk means (Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo..
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"Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper.
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