goohn.

Brit.

/ɡuː/, U.S.

/ɡu/

Forms:

α. 1800s– gooh, 1900s– goo.

β. 1800s– gook Brit. /ɡuːk/, U.S. /ɡuk/.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare goo-goo adj., although this is first attested later.Perhaps compare also ‘Gookin Peg ’, the nickname of Margaret O'Connor (active c1850), a New York singer and hoodlum's moll:?1851 G. Thompson Life & Exploits Noted Criminal, Bristol Bill xv. 44/2 Margaret's history was nought but the common tale of ruin and desertion—..down she sank into the vilest holes of a crowded city, the companion of thieves and murderers, and rejoicing in the flash appellation of ‘Gookin Peg’. The relationship between the α. and β. forms is unclear, and it is uncertain which should be considered primary. With the β. forms perhaps compare later gook n.¹

U.S. slang. Now rare (historical in later use).

A woman who works as a prostitute or madam.

ΚΠ

1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 38 Gooh, a prostitute.

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 181/1 Gook (American), a low prostitute.

1946 Life 8 Apr. 89/1 [In an article on juvenile deliquency and New York gang culture.] ‘Gooh’ means prostitute; ‘ochre’ is money, ‘bingo-boy’ a drunk.

1967 S. Harris Hellhole vii. 161 Petty criminals whom Molly still designates by the names with which she first learned to identify them: ‘cats’ or ‘gooks’—the small-time madams she presently meets in the House of Detention; ‘bats or owls’—streetwalkers who work at night.

1999 K. Baker Dreamland xiv. 123 There had been girls before, albeit mostly mabs and goohs, and lonely green factory girls, just off the boat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	gooh
释义	goohn. Brit. /ɡuː/, U.S. /ɡu/ Forms: α. 1800s– gooh, 1900s– goo. β. 1800s– gook Brit. /ɡuːk/, U.S. /ɡuk/. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare goo-goo adj., although this is first attested later.Perhaps compare also ‘Gookin Peg ’, the nickname of Margaret O'Connor (active c1850), a New York singer and hoodlum's moll:?1851 G. Thompson Life & Exploits Noted Criminal, Bristol Bill xv. 44/2 Margaret's history was nought but the common tale of ruin and desertion—..down she sank into the vilest holes of a crowded city, the companion of thieves and murderers, and rejoicing in the flash appellation of ‘Gookin Peg’. The relationship between the α. and β. forms is unclear, and it is uncertain which should be considered primary. With the β. forms perhaps compare later gook n.¹ U.S. slang. Now rare (historical in later use). A woman who works as a prostitute or madam. ΚΠ 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 38 Gooh, a prostitute. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 181/1 Gook (American), a low prostitute. 1946 Life 8 Apr. 89/1 [In an article on juvenile deliquency and New York gang culture.] ‘Gooh’ means prostitute; ‘ochre’ is money, ‘bingo-boy’ a drunk. 1967 S. Harris Hellhole vii. 161 Petty criminals whom Molly still designates by the names with which she first learned to identify them: ‘cats’ or ‘gooks’—the small-time madams she presently meets in the House of Detention; ‘bats or owls’—streetwalkers who work at night. 1999 K. Baker Dreamland xiv. 123 There had been girls before, albeit mostly mabs and goohs, and lonely green factory girls, just off the boat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1859
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