'I mourn the earth-worms, the cacti, and the tireless "gossoon,"' added. From Wordnik.com. [Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag] Reference
Three times a week a "gossoon" ran with the post to Oughterard, thirty-six miles away, where the nearest coach passed. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Edgeworth] Reference
Danny, lad, you're but a little thrifle of a gossoon; couldn't you squeedge yourself through one o 'them holes?'. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841] Reference
"If y 'playse, sor," said he, "some gossoon or t'other, sor, has bin an 'gone an' got into me hammick, sor, bad cess to him!". From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
And that gossoon, her boy -- the shpalpeen altogither!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit of Women Fourth Edition] Reference
You're laughing at me, you bold gossoon, but I mean it. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Rachael] Reference
I was a strapping young gossoon at that time, I tell you. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Only a gossoon of the hills could have gone up the face of the rock as. From Wordnik.com. [Masters of the Guild] Reference
The gossoon who had been sent with the despatch to the King of the Black. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 09] Reference
'The gossoon, sir, is waiting for an answer; he run every mile from Moate.'. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Kilgobbin] Reference
'What! you devil's gossoon!' returned an Irish voice I had not heard before. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Falconer] Reference
Ask an Irish gossoon to go early in the morning, on an errand, and he answers. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 04] Reference
You won't see the poor gossoon go to a sthrange country -- with empty pockets. From Wordnik.com. [The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three] Reference
"He's aye restless betimes; and -- but it's comin ', it's comin', me blessed gossoon!". From Wordnik.com. [Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life] Reference
"A gossoon from Kilrush, y'r reverence, with a bit of a note for the gentleman there.". From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete] Reference
Just then the gossoon Mike was seen passing the window with the post-bag hung over his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Light O' the Morning] Reference
"What's the gossoon about at all?" cried my master, taken aback by this unexpected reply to his question. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch] Reference
We shall have to make a short journey instead of a long one, if the gossoon has been detained in Kilmore; and. From Wordnik.com. [Paddy Finn] Reference
It's more than forty years ago, an 'though I was no more nor a gossoon myself, I remimber it like yestherday. From Wordnik.com. [The Purcell Papers — Volume 3] Reference
In Ireland, too, he made the acquaintance of the gossoon Murtagh, who taught him Irish in return for a pack of cards. From Wordnik.com. [Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825] Reference
"'Tis little Mike is lost," said Mrs. McCaskey, in a hushed voice, "the beautiful, little, trouble-making angel of a gossoon!". From Wordnik.com. [The Four Million] Reference
"Just say that word again, he's safe, an 'blessins on yer honest face, for I'm shure ye could not desave a poor gossoon like myself.". From Wordnik.com. [The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada] Reference
The gossoon was equal to emergencies; he put down his heavier burden of goods and picked up the baby, lest it might run back to America. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Twin and Other Stories] Reference
"Did ye iver know such a gossoon in all your loife?. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie] Reference
"Ah that was whin that gossoon Adams had howlt of the helm. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land] Reference
Get down here, ye gossoon, an 'behave like a dacint woman! ". From Wordnik.com. [Patty's Butterfly Days] Reference
"I wish the gossoon who made this halter was to be hanged in it. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
"Compared to a light heart, it don't matter a gossoon, as they say in. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School] Reference
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