gobdaw

G2O1B3D2A1W4

noun

A foolish or pretentious person.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

noungobdaw (plural gobdaws)

plural gobdaws

  1. IrelandslangA foolish or pretentious person.

    The ignorant self-opinionated sod-minded suet-brained ham-faced mealy-mouthed streptococcus-ridden gang of natural gobdaws!

    1968, Myles Na Gopaleen, The Best of Myles: A Selection from ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’, MacGibbon and Kee, page 81
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APA

gobdaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gobdaw

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“gobdaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gobdaw. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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