"Gossoon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "A bit of a gossoon, miss, out there in the yard beyant. An' he wouldn't give me his name; but sure I know him well for a boy of the Maddens', an' one of the Coole people. His father, an' his gran'father before him, were laborers with ...
— Rossmoyne • Unknown
... The gossoon obeyed—the little man inserted his heel in the cleft, but, on attempting to pull his foot from the boot, he nearly went heels over head backward. Murphy caught him and put him on his legs again. "Heads up, soldiers," exclaimed ...
— Handy Andy, Vol. 2 - A Tale of Irish Life • Samuel Lover |
