Definition of Gowfers

1. gowfer [n] - See also: gowfer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowfers

gowan
gowaned
gowans
gowany
gowd
gowder
gowdest
gowdie
gowdnook
gowds
gowen cypress
gowerite
gowf
gowfed
gowfer
gowfers (current term)
gowfing
gowfs
gowk
gowks
gowl
gowlan
gowland
gowlands
gowlans
gowlare
gowlares
gowled
gowling
gowls

Literary usage of Gowfers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1902)
"... made by a green-keeper in Scotland, who was asked one day recently how many people were out playing. His reply was: “There's juist twa gowfers and three ..."

2. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1902)
"... O'er ilka cleugh, ilk scar, and slap, As high as ony Roman wa". Driving their baws frae whins or tee, furze There's no nae gowfers to be seen, ..."

3. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"... Links—what would your gowfers say to that, Mr. Tickler 1 Tickler. A rum customer, certainly. ..."

4. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"... Links—wh;it would your gowfers say to that, Mr. Tickler? Tickler. A rum customer, certainly. Shepherd. Oh ! the een, the red, fiery fixit, ..."

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