2. Noun. (Geordie) A watchman. ¹
3. Noun. (Scotland pejorative) A person who is poorly educated and engages in hooliganism, petty criminality or loutish behaviour. This usage sometimes carries the connotation of youth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gadgie
1. a fellow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gadgie
Literary usage of Gadgie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seen and Heard Before and After 1914 by Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater (1916)
"Aweel, Mary," the old woman said, " tak yer way o't—mak' a gadgie o' the bairn
... I'm no' carin' for gadgie bairns," the old woman retorted—she would not ..."
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