puckaun

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish pocán.

Pronunciation

Noun

puckaun (plural puckauns)

  1. (Ireland) A he-goat.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      Riley's puckaun again, said Mr. Nolan, I can smell him from here.