Gauvison
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of gorbuson. Northern-England, Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative, archaic, especially, no-plural
"'And why sud ye, Mr. Arthur? 'specially aboot such a gauvison as awd Barjona. He's like a coo, has twea sides to his tung, a rough un and a smooth un; but neebody minds him, sir, nae matter which side he licks 'em with.'"
- 1 Silly; foolish. Yorkshire, archaic
"At this inn we hear the Craven dialect in all its purity, but as a certain anonymous writer has said in that speech, "What a fearful girt gauvison mun he be at frames to larn th' talk of another country afore he parfitly knaws his awn," I will not attempt to transfer this peculiar language to print."
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More examples"'And why sud ye, Mr. Arthur? 'specially aboot such a gauvison as awd Barjona. He's like a coo, has twea sides to his tung, a rough un and a smooth un; but neebody minds him, sir, nae matter which side he licks 'em with.'"
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