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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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gawnicus

0 Does anyone know what the word 01b00gawnicus02b00 mean?02br
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00I googled it and found out there was a definition of it in "Random house historical dictionary of american slang, vol.1"02br
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00Does anyone have this dictionary?02br
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00Thanks!02br
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01b01i00Gawnicus02i00, a fictitious word, manufactured in New England, and denoting a dolt, a simpleton, a fool —possibly an enlargement of 01i00gawney02i00."02br
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0I lived in New England for 15 years, and never once heard that. 02br
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00Yankee, what about you?0-

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