- gowks
- n. (British) cuckoo; awkward and stupid person, lout, dolt, gawk (insulting term )
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Wise Men of Gotham — Wise Men of Gotham, the early name given to the people of the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, in allusion to their reputed simplicity. But if tradition is to be believed the Gothamites were not so very simple.The story is that King John… … Wikipedia
gowk — noun /ɡaʊk/ a) a cuckoo , 1976: God has sent me gowks for secretaries. Robert Nye, Falstaff b) a fool … Wiktionary
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