gobdaw

English

Etymology

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Noun

gobdaw (plural gobdaws)

1. (Ireland, slang) A foolish or pretentious person.
   • 1968, Myles Na Gopaleen, The Best of Myles: A Selection from ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’, MacGibbon and Kee, page 81:

     The ignorant self-opinionated sod-minded suet-brained ham-faced mealy-mouthed streptococcus-ridden gang of natural gobdaws!

References

• "gobdaw, n.". Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, December 2013.