Gowl

adj.

Heard in Cork, Cavan, Kildare, Mayo, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Offaly, Tipperary, Roscommon and Monaghan

See Fanny. Can also describe the act of horseplay or a person one does not like.

Give up the gowling ye gowl!

Posh English

Cease your tomfoolery, you absolute nuisance!

Same phrase, other counties

• Mayo
• Limerick
• Waterford
• Cavan
• Galway
• Offaly
• Tipperary
• Roscommon
• Monaghan
• Cork (not in the dictionary)

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