Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowfers
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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