clouk

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Etymology

Borrowed from Irish cloch (“stone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

clouk

  1. (figurative) simpleton, silly person
    Synonyms: gom, stouck, pomeale, dhonal
    • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 108:
      Aar was a clouk.
      There was a simple man,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 30
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