Gawn

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small tub or lading vessel. UK, dialectal, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    Eye dialect spelling of certain regional pronunciations of going. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    "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."

Synonyms

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gallium nitridegenerative adversarial network

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Corrupted from gallon.

Etymology 2

Corrupted from going.

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eye dialect

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