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Definition of 'gawn'English
Etymology 1
Corrupted from (gallon).
Etymology 2
Corrupted from (going)
Verb
( head)
(eye dialect) Eye dialect spelling of certain regional pronunciations of going.
*1841 , Susan Edmonstone Ferrier, The Inheritance , page 8:
- 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.
*2007 , Jacqueline Wales, When the Crow Sings , page 110:
- Agnes came in dressed in nightgown and curlers. “Are we still gawn' to the church bingo the night? I told Bessie I'd be ' gawn .”
*2014 , Charles R. Allen, 99 Cent Adventure Time Stories: The House of Weird Sleep , page 3:
- “Ah'm gawn' to tear yore skin off with this here whip,” came the guttural voice from behind him. “Then ah'm ' gawn to rub salt in the cuts an' leave you hyar on the floor.”
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Similar to 'gawn'gun, gain, gown, gin, gan, goon, gen, gaon, gean, gon, geon, gowan, guan, giuen, goin, gein, ginn, goan, ghayn
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