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gawby
· noun · brummie
A simpleton, a fool.
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A simpleton — someone a bit slow, a bit gormless, standing there gawping. Old Black Country word, related to 'gawp' (to stare open-mouthed). Sits in the same family of softer regional insults as clarnet and saft 'aypoth — more 'bless him' than 'I hate him'.
“Stop standin' there like a gawby and gi' us a hand.”
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gawby In A Sentence
Stop standin' there like a gawby and gi' us a hand.
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What does gawby mean?
It's a term for a simpleton or a fool.
How do you use gawby in a sentence?
"Don't be such a gawby, it was obviously a joke."
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