gaw n.
mispron. of, or euph. for God.
Owl (NY) 10 July n.p.: Goramighty make de first man or woman. | ||
Ely’s Hawk & Buzzard (NY) Sept. 14 n.p.: Zounds! [...] By-stall cracky! Gory mighty! | ||
Crim.-Con. Gaz. 27 Oct. 79/3: Why goramighty bless his ebony chops. | ||
Newcomes I 343: Gaw! how he did go down! | ||
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 198: ‘Gaw!’ said Uncle Jim. | ||
Sun. Times (Perth) 20 Feb. 2nd sect. 17/7: When WILL local shows drop Gor Save as a hall emptier? There's nothing wrong with a quick, lively march to jig the audience out to their steak and-oysters. | ||
Human Touch 60: Gaw lumme! | ||
‘A Holy War’ in Chisholm (1951) 76: Tryin’ to make that Gorfergotten crew / ’Olesome an’ sweet. | ||
Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 8 May 3/5: Let’s see how you look in the King’s uniform! Gaw, I never see a chap look better in it. | ||
Child of Norman’s End (1967) 438: Gaw, I like that! | ||
Battlers 164: Gawd! she’s a trimmer. | ||
Banker Tells All 141: Gaw! Can’t I? | ||
Gone Troppo (1969) 101: Gawstrike, now I seen every bloody thing. | ||
Carlito’s Way 117: Yer mudder’s cunt, I thought, but I said, ‘Gawd, Your Honor, this is a slander’. | ||
Good Man in Africa 223: ‘Oh Gawd,’ Morgan groaned, exaggeratedly rolling his eyeballs. | ||
Indep. Mag. 6 Aug. 36: Gaw-dang! Big ole coyote! |