单词 | gongoozler |
释义 | gongoozler/ɡɒŋˈɡuːzlə![]() noun informal An idle spectator.Alan Lindley, an eighth-generation lock keeper working on the Grand Canal, has been dealing with gongoozlers and boatmen for more than 20 years....
OriginEarly 20th century (originally denoting a person who idly watched activity on a canal); rare before 1970: perhaps from Lincolnshire dialect gawn and gooze 'stare, gape'. |
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