Gowk - What does it mean?
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(Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo.
A fool.
* 1816 , , Old Mortality , ch. 8:
* 1976 , , Falstaff :
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English
Noun
(s)- "Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk , that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper.
- God has sent me gowks for secretaries.