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Definition of Gooky
1. gook [adj] - See also: gook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gooky
Literary usage of Gooky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1901)
"Hut, much to her sorrow, the circus man proved to her father's satisfaction that
it was not really gooky, but Zamba, and he was led away to an accompaniment ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... a bone—from been; paddock, a. toad—from pad; caff, chaff—from kaf, straw;
gooky, itchy—from gut, ..."
3. The Dialect of Hartland, Devonshire by Richard Pearse Chope (1891)
"The bird which accompanies the cuckoo (called gooky), generally a hedge-sparrow.
TWO-BAIL. A rooting tool, combining a heavy mattock and a small axe. ..."
4. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"Tidn a bit o' use to gooky over it, you cant help o' it now. and wi' the z.ime tha wut ..."
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