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  • 71willie gow — ˈwiliˈgü noun Etymology: Willie (nickname for William) + Scots gow, alteration of gull dialect chiefly Scotland : herring gull …

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  • 72pie-gow — var. pai kau …

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  • 73hoose·gow — /ˈhuːsˌgaʊ/ noun the hoosegow US informal + humorous : ↑prison, ↑jail The cops threatened to throw him in the hoosegow …

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  • 74lobby-gow — …

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  • 75gowan — gow•an [[t]ˈgaʊ ən[/t]] n. Chiefly Scot. scot. any of various yellow or white field flowers, esp. the English daisy • Etymology: 1560–70; earlier gollan < ON gollinn golden gow′aned, adj. gow′an•y, adj …

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  • 76gaucho — /gow choh/; Sp. /gow chaw/, n., pl. gauchos / chohz/; Sp. / chaws/. 1. a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry. 2. gauchos. Also called gaucho pants. wide, calf length trousers for men or women… …

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  • 77Gower,John — Gow·er (gouʹər, gôrʹ, gōrʹ), John. 1325? 1408. English poet who wrote allegorical, didactic works, such as Vox Clamantis (1382? 1384), in Latin, French, and English. * * * …

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  • 78Gaudí i Cornet — /gow dee ee kawrdd net/ Antoni /ahn taw nee/, 1852 1926, Spanish architect and designer. * * * …

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  • 79Gauhati — /gow hah tee/, n. a city in W Assam, in E India, on the Brahmaputra River. 122,981. * * * …

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  • 80gauleiter — /gow luy teuhr/, n. the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control. [1935 40; < G, equiv. to Gau region + Leiter director] * * * …

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