Friday, April 01, 2011

The Word-Hoard: Goffen

Goffen

"To laugh idiotically; hence, goffeny, a fool, a silly person. Yorkshire."
-Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1896-1905

"Goister, to laugh loudly."
-Jabez Good's Glossary of East Linconlshire, 1900

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