单词 | april-gowk |
释义 | > as lemmasApril-gowk April-gowk n. English regional (northern) and Scottish = April fool n. 1; cf. gowk n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > day for tricks > victim of April fool1629 April-gowk1777 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 400 We in the North call Persons who are thus deceived, April-Gowks. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 4/1 April-gowk, April fool. 2007 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 1 Apr. 13 We Scots were to the forefront, with the ‘fool’ being known as April Gowk (a word for ‘cuckoo’). < as lemmas |
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