Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowfer
Literary usage of Gowfer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc. by David Herd, Sidney Gilpin, George Paton (1870)
"... Oe'r ilka cleugh, ilk fcar and flap, As high as ony Roman wa'. Driving their
baws frae whins or tee, There's no nae gowfer to be feen, ..."
2. Manual Training Magazine (1914)
"... about six months I said, 'Well, Saunders, how am I getting on?;' and Saunders
replied, 'Yer no makin' a fool o' yerself, but ye'll never be a gowfer. ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"a club for striking bowls or ball». GOLF-BAW, ». The ball struck ¡n the game of
Co!/, S.—Teut. kolf-bal, pila clavaria. V. GOIF-BAW. GOLFER, gowfer, ». ..."
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