glimmer-gowk en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK, dialectal, obsolete) An owl.
'[E] sit like a great glimmer-gowk wi' 'is glasses athurt 'is noase, […]
1880, Alfred Tennyson, “[Ballads and Other Poems.] The Village Wife; or, The Entail”, in Ballads and Other Poems, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 75:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glimmer-gowks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |