gossoon

Gossoon,' he says, 'put a keg iv sherry wine on th' ice,' he says.

Another form often used is gossoon, which is derived from Irish:—gas, a stem or stalk, a young boy.

The divil a pin's point does it matther what comes of me, so that luck lays a howld of the little gossoon.

A minister came the way, and he riding upon a fine horse, and he said to the gossoon, "Where does this road bring you?"

I'll be alone to-night when the gossoon is asleep, and ye can dhrap in, and tell me what ye like, av ye plaze.'