Lexicographical Neighbors of Gawkish
Literary usage of Gawkish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"Indeed, after discovering her whereabouts, and on their way to Cartown, he had
frequently said to Allen that it would be a severe trial to set up a gawkish ..."
2. The Metropolitan (1849)
"Onr party consists of six individuals, all natives of the sea-girt isle, save a
young blubber- lipped, gawkish-looking fellow, our guide, ..."
3. The Social Condition and Education of the People in England and Europe by Joseph Kay (1850)
"They do not appear embarrassed, still less do they appear gawkish or stupid, when
addressed. If, in asking a peasant a question, a stranger, according to ..."
4. The Court Circles of the Republic: Or, The Beauties and Celebrities of the by Elizabeth Fries Ellet, R. E. Mack (1869)
"... leaving me alongside of a tall, gawkish looking young man, whom I soon
ascertained to be the Earl of S , a young Scotchman, who had come to visit some ..."
Other Resources:
