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Definition of Gossibs
1. gossib [n] - See also: gossib
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gossibs
Literary usage of Gossibs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spenser by Richard William Church (1883)
"... And to her gossibs gan in counsell say; ' How can I tell, but that his talants
may Yet scratch my sonne, or rend his tender hand ? ..."
2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"And to her gossibs gan in counsel! sav. As the word, in its usual form, is by no
means obsolete, for other senses and examples, see Todd. ..."
3. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"... Halfe dead through feare, her litle babe And to her gossibs gan in counsell
say: ' How can I tell, but that his talants may Yet scratch my sonne, ..."
4. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"... and with his talante Hälfe dead through feare, her litle babe And to her
gossibs gan in counsell say : ' How can I tell, but that his talants may Yet ..."
5. Acme Library of Standard Biography (1880)
"And to her gossibs gan in counsell say ; * Howcan I te.ll, but that his talants
may Yet scratch my sonne, ..."
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