Meaning of gowk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cuckoo.
   Northern-England, Scotland
2. An apple core.
   Geordie
3. A fool.
4. The central part of any thing; pith; core.
   Geordie, obsolete
5. The hard centre of a boil or sore.
   dialectal
6. The yolk of an egg.
   dialectal
7. The inner part of a haystack.
   dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

“"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.'”

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