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English
Etymology 1
Corrupted from gallon.
Noun
gawn (plural gawns)
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) A small tub or lading vessel.[1]
References
Etymology 2
Corrupted from going.
Verb
gawn
- (pronunciation spelling) 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.”
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
gawn
- Soft mutation of cawn.
Verb
gawn
- Soft mutation of cawn.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.