gawn

G2A1W4N1

noun

A small tub or lading vessel.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

gawn1

noungawn (plural gawns)

plural gawns

  1. UKdialectalobsoleteA small tub or lading vessel.

gawn2

verb
  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of going.

    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.”

    2007, Jacqueline Wales, When the Crow Sings, page 110
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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.

    1841, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier, The Inheritance, page 8

    “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.”

    2014, Charles R. Allen, 99 Cent Adventure Time Stories: The House of Weird Sleep, page 3

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APA

gawn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawn

MLA

“gawn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gawn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawn.

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