gawvison

plural gawvisons

1. Northern EnglandalternativearchaicAlternative spelling of gorbuson.

   "Kae! ye gawvison!" exclaimed the opposite party, evidently tickled with the implied compliment.

   1830, Edward Duros, Derwentwater, page 86

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   Why, you're a gawvison for not knowing what it is—I thought ye Londoners ha knawn every thing—a gawvison's a ninny hammer—Now, do you, think, Sur, at I look ought like a gawvison?

   1761, Joseph Reed, “The Register-Office”, in A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces, volume 3, published 1792, page 328

   Dixon advanced, and made two or three unlucky attempts at a speech; which his wife observing, she edged forwards, hoping madam would excuse him for being such a gawvison, for she was sure he meant no harm.

   1813, Barbara Hofland, Patience and Perseverance, volume 3, page 5