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gaw

/gaw/US // gɔ //

嘎嘎

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly Scot.

    • : a narrow, trenchlike depression, especially a furrow in the earth or a worn or thin area in cloth.

Examples

  • Meach-o-shn-gaw, Little White Bear; a spirited and distinguished brave, with a scalping-knife grasped in his hand.

  • Every gew-gaw which flashes on that haughty head, too haughty to bend to me, shall shriek my name into your ears.

  • Well, why in heaven's name shouldn't High Jinks buy a trumpery, gee-gaw parasol?

  • And when you get a life that finds pleasure in a trumpery, gee-gaw parasol, well that's more pathetic still.

  • So begin play lika diss: 'O Gaw, O my ancestors, givva me res'; givva me foo'; givva me wadder!