gossoon

[ go-soon ]

/ gɒˈsun /

a boy; lad.

Origin of gossoon

1675–85; < Irish garsún boy < Anglo-French, Old French garçon

It's more than forty years ago, an' though I was no more nor a gossoon myself, I remimber it like yestherday.

The Purcell Papers |Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
He is a raal jewel, that gossoon o' mine, an' the light of his father's eyes.

Rossmoyne |Unknown
Not bad travelling, Captain, for a bit of a gossoon like that.'

Jack Hinton |Charles James Lever
Bill, don't lane on that boy on the ridge wid you; he's not much more nor a gossoon; give him a start of you.

All-Hallow Eve; or, The Test of Futurity. |Robert Curtis

The same cabin which had supplied the "live coal" was applied to by the gossoon (who kept the change), and it was quickly brought.

The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. |E. Rameur

gossoon

/ (ɡɒˈsuːn) /

Irish a boy, esp a servant boy

C17: from Old French garçon