"gawby" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gawbies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gawby (plural gawbies)
  1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A baby. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-gawby-en-noun-0zNjlCjE Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (UK, dialect, dated) A fool. Tags: UK, dated, dialectal
    Sense id: en-gawby-en-noun-rTstm6Q2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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