gawn

noun, verb — 2 senses

gawn

noun

Etymology Corrupted from gallon.

1

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete A small tub or lading vessel.

gawn

verb

1

Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of going.

I'm no used to your grandees, and I'm no gawn to begin to learn fashionable mainners noo — so dinna ask me — I'm no gawn to mak a fule o' mysel' at this time o' day.1841, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier, The Inheritance, page 8:
Agnes came in dressed in nightgown and curlers. “Are we still gawn to the church bingo the night? I told Bessie I'd be gawn.”2007, Jacqueline Wales, When the Crow Sings, page 110:

1 more example

“Ah'm gawn to tear yore skin off with this here whip,” came the guttural voice from behind him. “Then ah'm gawn to rub salt in the cuts an' leave you hyar on the floor.”2014, Charles R. Allen, 99 Cent Adventure Time Stories: The House of Weird Sleep, page 3:

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