| 单词 | to hunt the gowk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hunt the gowk 3. Phrases. to give the gowk to: to befool. to hunt the gowk: to go on a fool's errand. ΚΠ 1728 A. Ramsay Mercury in Quest of Peace 81 Has Jove then sent me amang thir fowk, Cry'd Hermes, here to hunt the gowk? ?a1800 Sweet Willie xxi, in J. Finlay Sc. Hist. & Romantic Ballads (1808) II. 66 Ye hae gien me the gowk, Annet, But I'll gie you the scorn. < as lemmas |
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