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begowk en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + gowk.

Meanings

1. (Scotland, archaic) To play a trick on, make a fool of.
   • But I'll begowk them there, Mr. David. 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona:
   • Is she trying to begowk a donnert old man next? 1921, William Darling Lyell, The house in Queen Anne square:
   • Dewing, you sought to begowk me by setting me up against Zurich — or perhaps you really thought to use me against him. 1917, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Copper Streak Trail:

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